"empty-headed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more empty-headed [comparative], most empty-headed [superlative]
Etymology: empty + headed; compare airheaded Etymology templates: {{compound|en|empty|headed}} empty + headed, {{m|en|airheaded}} airheaded Head templates: {{en-adj}} empty-headed (comparative more empty-headed, superlative most empty-headed)
  1. Silly and lacking sense or discretion; featherbrained or scatterbrained. Synonyms: pea-brain, emptyheaded Derived forms: empty-headedness Related terms: vacuous Translations (silly): ventanima (Esperanto), κουφιοκέφαλος (koufiokéfalos) (Greek), üresfejű (Hungarian), széllelbélelt (Hungarian), hore (Maori), cabeça oca [masculine] (Portuguese), cabeza hueca (Spanish), mankafa (Turkish), ahmak (Turkish), budala (Turkish), penwag (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-empty-headed-en-adj-86MChrC1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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