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cockbrained en · ADJ

Etymology

From cock + brained.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, derogatory) Foolish; lacking in common sense and good judgement.
    • Woods is a douche, but he just rips off Winnie Gekko, who is the lamest character in the movie. Not to mention that the money Woods stole from Winnie Gekko wasn't even hers, it was dirty Gordon Gekko money, and if he hadn't stolen it, it was only going to end up down the toilet invested in "young Bud Fox"'s cock-brained idea. 2010 September 24, Courtney Comstock, “The Villain In Wall Street 2 Is So Much Like Goldman Sachs It's Ridiculous”, in Business Insider:
    • His instances out of the common law are all so quite beside the matter which he would prove, as may be a warning to all clients how they venture their business with such a cockbrained solicitor. 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:

Forms

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cock-brained alternative lexicographic
most cockbrained Degree=Sup lexicographic
more cockbrained Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Relateds

cockbrain

Synonyms

giddy · scatterbrained · rash