"feather-brain" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: feather-brains [plural], featherbrain [alternative], featherbrains [alternative]
Etymology: From feather and brain. Head templates: {{en-noun}} feather-brain (plural feather-brains)
  1. (derogatory, metonymic) A feather-brained or stupid person, especially a woman. Tags: derogatory, metonymically Translations (stupid person): cervelle d’oiseau [feminine] (French), mikwëni tëmp [animate] (Unami)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Unami",
      "lang_code": "unm",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "mikwëni tëmp"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From feather and brain.",
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    {
      "form": "feather-brains",
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    },
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      "form": "featherbrain",
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        "A feather-brained or stupid person, especially a woman."
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          "feather-brained",
          "feather-brained"
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        "(derogatory, metonymic) A feather-brained or stupid person, especially a woman."
      ],
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        "derogatory",
        "metonymically"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "stupid person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cervelle d’oiseau"
        },
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          "sense": "stupid person",
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            "animate"
          ],
          "word": "mikwëni tëmp"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "/ˌfɛ.ðə.ˈbɹeɪ̯n/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "feather-brain"
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        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "mikwëni tëmp"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From feather and brain.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "featherbrain",
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        "alternative"
      ]
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      ],
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          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
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        [
          "feather-brained",
          "feather-brained"
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          "stupid"
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        "(derogatory, metonymic) A feather-brained or stupid person, especially a woman."
      ],
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        "derogatory",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "/ˌfɛ.ðə.ˈbɹeɪ̯n/"
    }
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        "feminine"
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}

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