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feather-brain

/ˌfɛ.ðə.ˈbɹeɪ̯n/

feather-brain noun: a feather-brained or stupid person, especially a woman.

Noun

feather-brain (plural feather-brains)

  1. (derogatory, metonymically) A feather-brained or stupid person, especially a woman.

feather-brain meaning in Tamil and Bengali

feather-brain in Tamil

விளையாட்டுத்தனமானவர், அறிவு குறைந்தவர்

feather-brain in Bengali

একজন নির্বোধ, মূর্খ ব্যক্তি

Forms of feather-brain

pluralfeather-brains
alternative formfeatherbrain
alternative formfeatherbrains

Origin of feather-brain

From feather and brain.

Questions about feather-brain

What does feather-brain mean?
Feather-brain means a feather-brained or stupid person, especially a woman.
What is feather-brain in Tamil?
Feather-brain in Tamil is விளையாட்டுத்தனமானவர், அறிவு குறைந்தவர். See Feather-brain meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is feather-brain?
Feather-brain is a noun.
How do you pronounce feather-brain?
Feather-brain is pronounced /ˌfɛ.ðə.ˈbɹeɪ̯n/.
What is the plural of feather-brain?
The plural of feather-brain is feather-brains.

Words near feather-brain in the dictionary

  1. feather wool
  2. feather-bed
  3. feather-bedded
  4. feather-bedding
  5. feather-beds
  6. feather-brain
  7. feather-brained
  8. feather-brains
  9. feather-dust
  10. feather-dusted
  11. feather-dusting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: feather-brain (page history and authors); feather-brain (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); feather-brain (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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