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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. lacking sense or discretion;
- Example: "his rattlebrained crackpot ideas"
- Example: "how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for"- Glenway Westcott
[syn: rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty]

2. guided by whim and fancy;
- Example: "flighty young girls"
[syn: flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scatter-brained \Scat"ter-brained`\, a. Giddy; thoughtless. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shatter-brained \Shat"ter-brained`\, Shatter-pated \Shat"ter-pat`ed\, a. Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild; similar to scatter-brained. --J. Goodman. [1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scatterbrained adj 1: lacking sense or discretion; "his rattlebrained crackpot ideas"; "how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for"- Glenway Westcott [syn: rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty] 2: guided by whim and fancy; "flighty young girls" [syn: flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained]