featherhead

American  

[feth-er-hed] / ˈfɛð ərˌhɛd /

noun

1. featherbrain.

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Other Word Forms

• featherheaded adjective

Etymology

Origin of featherhead

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 • May 13, 2013

Show the dullest clodpole, show the haughtiest featherhead, that a soul higher than himself is actually here; were his knees stiffened into brass, he must down and worship.’

From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas

The Countess was very good company and not really the featherhead she seemed; all one had to do with her was to observe the simple condition of not believing a word she said.

From The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by James, Henry

He did not hesitate to address him, and, featherhead as he was, did not fail to tell him the plight he was in.

From International Short Stories: French by Cheneviere, A.

It is almost wicked of the Fates to give such a featherhead any problems to solve; she ought to have her what’s-his-name, Beckett, if she wants him, particularly if he wants her.

From Ladies-In-Waiting by Curtiss, Christine Tucke