featherhead

[ feth-er-hed ]

noun

1. featherbrain.

Other Words From

• feather·headed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of featherhead¹

First recorded in 1825–35; feather + head

Example Sentences

It’s one of those memoirs that remind you why you liked memoirs in the first place, back before every featherhead in your writers’ group was trying to peddle one.

From New York Times

Oh, you needn't feel convicted of extraordinary ignorance, I assure you, Miss Featherhead.

From Project Gutenberg

Jeanne interrupted her niece, speaking in Basque, "Well, if you think you can make that featherhead of her mother understand anything, you can tell them that I'll come to-morrow to stay, and I'll bring a chamber-maid with me."

From Project Gutenberg

Do you ever stop, Mrs. Featherhead, to mark the beauty of our wayside clover or the sparkle of a buttercup in the dew?

From Project Gutenberg

And when Featherhead turned his back, showing a long streak of white paint across his shoulder, the little rabbit didn't wait a minute, but, quicker than a wink, caught the frightened squirrel and shook him till his teeth rattled.

From Project Gutenberg