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- adjective
disordered orwandering inintellect ; hence,heedless ;wild
Etymologies
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Examples
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This shatterbrained peer was, in other respects, a handsome accomplished man, with an expression somewhat haughty, yet singularly pleasing when he chose it — a man, in short, who might push his fortune with the fair sex.
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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It had always been a source of amusement to Ferdinand and his brother that their shatterbrained, chatterbox Angie and a dry old stick like Heyward were locked up tight in a love match.
No Man's Mistress Balogh, Mary 2001
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Oh! the scatterbrained, shatterbrained lady so grand,
The Jingle Book Carolyn Wells 1902
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This shatterbrained peer was, in other respects, a handsome accomplished man, with an expression somewhat haughty, yet singularly pleasing when he chose it -- a man, in short, who might push his fortune with the fair sex.
St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801
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