brainish, a. Obs. or arch.
(ˈbreɪnɪʃ)
[f. brain n. + -ish1.]
Headstrong, passionate.
| 1530 Palsgr. 307/1 Braynisshe, hedy, folisshe, selfe wylled. 1602 Shakes. Ham. iv. i. 11 And, in his brainish apprehension, killes The vnseene good old man. 1603 Drayton Heroic Ep. Pref., The Worke might in truth be judged Braynish. 1850 Blackie æschylus I. 104 Thy son..whom unwittingly of life I reft, In a brainish moment. |