Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rash or hot-headed person; a harebrained person.
- Harebrained; hot-headed; rash.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Hot-headed; rash.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A
rash orhotheaded person.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Colonel Halkett gave up his daughter for lost when she did not appear at the breakfast-table: for yet more decidedly lost when the luncheon saw her empty place; and as time drew on toward the dinner-hour, he began to think her lost beyond hope, embarked for good and all with the madbrain.
Beauchamp's Career — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Colonel Halkett gave up his daughter for lost when she did not appear at the breakfast-table: for yet more decidedly lost when the luncheon saw her empty place; and as time drew on toward the dinner-hour, he began to think her lost beyond hope, embarked for good and all with the madbrain.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Colonel Halkett gave up his daughter for lost when she did not appear at the breakfast-table: for yet more decidedly lost when the luncheon saw her empty place; and as time drew on toward the dinner-hour, he began to think her lost beyond hope, embarked for good and all with the madbrain.
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 5 George Meredith 1868
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