Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Giddy; chattering; whimsical; rattle-headed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Giddy; rattle-headed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking sense or discretion
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Examples
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He was neither rattle-brained, like Bert, nor coarse like other men she had encountered.
CHAPTER V 2010
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Those rattle-brained philosophers would drive even a saint to drink.
CHAPTER XVII 2010
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He had often felt that a really good scare would be beneficial for a kender, would teach the rattle-brained little imps that life was not picnics by the tomb and taunting sheriffs and swiping gewgaws.
Dragons Of A Lost Star Weis, Margaret 2001
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"Anything to keep from listening to the chatter of that rattle-brained kender."
Dragons Of Summer Flame Weis, Margaret 1995
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Hear me now, Sam Kelly-you think to aid yet another rattle-brained loon, one who styles himself Keighvin Silverhair.
The Chrome Borne Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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Hear me now, Sam Kelly-you think to aid yet another rattle-brained loon, one who styles himself Keighvin Silverhair.
Omnibus Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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Hear me now, Sam Kelly-you think to aid yet another rattle-brained loon, one who styles himself Keighvin Silverhair.
Born To Run Lackey, Mercedes 1992
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The Rev.Mr. Traverse belonged to the Methodist Church, and was described by Aaron as a "bad young man; rattle-brained; with the appearance of not having good sense, -- not enough to manage the great amount of property (he had been left wealthy) in his possession."
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Because an iron-magnate, with only dollars for ballast, had fifteen bath pools of Sienna marble in his flaunting, gaudy "chateau," and was immediately aped by the rest of the rattle-brained, moved the
In Her Own Right John Reed Scott
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This young Handel seems rather a rattle-brained youth, but Captain Schmitt looked conservative and sane.
The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw George Durston
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