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Definition of Harebrained
1. Adjective. Very foolish. "A completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains"
Definition of Harebrained
1. a. Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless.
Definition of Harebrained
1. Adjective. (context: of an idea or plan etc) absurd, foolish, or stupid ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a person) frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Harebrained
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harebrained
Literary usage of Harebrained
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dark Days in Chile: An Account of the Revolution of 1891 by Maurice H. Hervey (1892)
"... saves the Rebel Transports—An Alarm—A Difficult Torpedo-shot—Moraga's Dilemma—The
Ironclad Cochrane bears down—A harebrained Exploit— What the Prisoners ..."
2. Dark Days in Chile: An Account of the Revolution of 1891 by Maurice H. Hervey (1892)
"... Alarm—A Difficult Torpedo-shot—Moraga's Dilemma,—The Ironclad Cochrane bears
down—A harebrained Exploit— What the Prisoners said and did—Northward to ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"A rash or hot-headed person ; a harebrained person. ... A person who acts madly
or wildly; a flighty or harebrained person; one who indulges in frolics. ..."
4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... should see the entries at AIN'T and DON'T. hairbrained Most often this word
is spelled harebrained, and that is how usage writers tell you to spell it. ..."
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