"brainsick" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more brainsick [comparative], most brainsick [superlative]
Etymology: From brain + sick. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|brain|sick}} brain + sick Head templates: {{en-adj}} brainsick (comparative more brainsick, superlative most brainsick)
  1. Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless. Derived forms: brainsickly, brainsickness
    Sense id: en-brainsick-en-adj-0YXS2xmv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:",
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          "text": "Come vnckle, let vs leaue the brainsick king,\nAnd henceforth parle with our naked swords.",
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