harebrain en · ADJ
Etymology
From hare + brain.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of harebrained.
alt of harebrained
It is a harebrain idea but it could be done.
2012, Frederick A. Patchen, Boho’S Quest for God: An Adult Fairy-Tale, page 91:I suppose they also handed on to me a harebrain humour, which it has been my chief delight to indulge.
1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, New Arabian Nights:I mean it (saith the king) by that same harebrain, wild-fellow, my subject, the Earl of Suffolk, who is protected in your country, and begins to play the fool, when all others are weary of it."
1789, Saint Thomas More, The History of the Reigns of Edward V. and Richard III, page 122:" They commonly call the most harebrain blood-suckers, strongest thieves, the most desperate villains, treacherous rogues, inhuman murderers, rash, cruel and dissolute caitiffs, courageous and generous spirits, heroical and worthy captains, brave men at arms, valiant and renowned soldiers, possessed with a brute persuasion of false honour," as Pontus Huter in his Burgundian history complains.
1871, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most harebrain | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| hairbrain | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more harebrain | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |