brained, a.
(breɪnd)
[f. brain n. + -ed2.]
Furnished with a brain or brains. Usually with adj. prefix, as addle-, dry-, dull-, feeble-, hot-, nimble-.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 47 Branyd or full of brayne. 1528 Paynell Salerne Regim. F iv b, Feble brayned folkes. 1610 Shakes. Temp. iii. ii. 7 If th' other two be brain'd like vs, the State totters. a 1704 T. Brown Sat. on Quack Wks. 1730 I. 63 That hot brain'd sot Thy father. 1819 Shelley Peter Bell vi. xx, A mad-brained goblin for a guide. 1866 Motley Dutch Rep. IV. v. 633 The addle-brained Oberstein. |