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crack brained

crack brained is the alternative form of crackbrained.

Meaning of crackbrained

Adjective

crackbrained (comparative more crackbrained, superlative most crackbrained)

  1. Idiotic.
    • In order to ſet ſo hopeful a Genius right in this matter, vve have ſent you an anſvver to the ill-grounded Sophiſms of thoſe crack brain'd fellovvs, and likevviſe an eaſy mechanical explication of Perception or Thinking.1713–1714 (date written), Martinus Scriblerus [pseudonym; Alexander Pope et al.], “Memoirs of the Extraordinary Life, Works, and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus”, in The Works of Alexander Pope...

Forms of crack brained

comparativemore crack brained
superlativemost crack brained

Questions about crack brained

What is crack brained the alternative form of?
Crack brained is the alternative form of crackbrained.

Words near crack brained in the dictionary

  1. crack a rat
  2. crack a smile
  3. crack along
  4. crack babies
  5. crack baby
  6. crack brained
  7. crack cocaine
  8. crack down
  9. crack fic
  10. crack fics
  11. crack hammer

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