brainsick
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- brainsickly adverb
- brainsickness noun
Etymology
Origin of brainsick
before 1000; Middle English brain-seke, Old English brægensēoc. See brain, sick 1
Example Sentences
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And this man, at once unprincipled and brainsick, had in his keeping the understanding and the conscience of the unhappy Monmouth.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
Good Lord! what madness rules in brainsick men When, for so slight and frivolous a cause, Such —— emulations shall arise.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
Posterity can do simply nothing for a man; nor even seem to do much, if the man be not brainsick.
From Past and Present by Carlyle, Thomas
Chapel and Barn-howrie would be upon my Top, and pursue me before the Commissary, and every Body will look upon me, as brainsick or mad.
From The Laird o' Coul's Ghost by Anonymous
To be brainsick and heartsick in a cruel and unfamiliar world is to be morbid.
From The Book of Susan A Novel by Dodd, Lee Wilson
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