Word Meanings - BRAINSICK - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless. -- Brain"sick*ness, n.
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- GIDDY
silly, AS. gidig, of unknown origin, cf. Norw. gidda to shake, 1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; - UNDERSTANDINGLY
In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly. The gospel may be neglected, but in can not be understandingly disbelieved. - THOUGHTLESS
1. Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act. 2. Giddy; gay; dissipated. Johnson. 3. Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull. Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain. Dryden. -- Thought"less*ly, - GIDDY-HEAD
A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment. Burton. - GIDDY-HEADED
Thoughtless; unsteady. - BRAIN
The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, - BRAINSICKLY
In a brainsick manner. - UNDERSTANDING
Knowing; intelligent; skillful; as, he is an understanding man. - GIDDY-PACED
Moving irregularly; flighty; fickle. Shak. - DISORDERED
1. Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house, judgment. 2. Disorderly. Shak. -- Dis*or"dered*ly, adv. -- Dis*or"dered*ness, n. - BRAINSICK
Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless. -- Brain"sick*ness, n. - BRAINED
Supplied with brains. If th' other two be brained like us. Shak. - UNDERSTAND
understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS. forstandan to understand, G. verstehen. The development of sense is 1. To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge - DISORDER
1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder. 2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And - BRAINISH
Hot-headed; furious. Shak. - DISORDERLINESS
The state of being disorderly. - BRAINY
Having an active or vigorous mind. - UNDERSTANDER
One who understands, or knows by experience. Dryden. - UNDERSTANDABLE
Capable of being understood; intelligible. Chillingworth. - BRAINLESS
Without understanding; silly; thougthless; witless. -- Brain"less*ness, n. - ADDLE-BRAIN; ADDLE-HEAD; ADDLE-PATE
A foolish or dull-witted fellow. - SICK-BRAINED
Disordered in the brain. - SHATTER-BRAINED; SHATTER-PATED
Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild. J. Goodman. - CRACK-BRAINED
Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy. Pope. - FAT-BRAINED
Dull of apprehension. - 'TWIXT-BRAIN
The thalamen - MADBRAINED
Disordered in mind; hot-headed. Shak. - SHALLOW-BRAINED
Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South. - COCK-BRAINED
Giddy; rash. Milton. - MIDBRAIN
The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain. - SCATTER-BRAIN
A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention.