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In some senses, feather-headed is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
feather-headed
adj 2
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1FEATHER-HEADED + NOUN
gentleman, imbecile, lady
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adj
1
foolish or frivolous
... some feather-headed gentleman or lady whom in passing we regret to take as legal tender for a human being may be acting as a melancholy theory of life in the minds of those who live with them,
“You may be a feather—headed imbecile but is it a crime to be a feather-headed imbecile? What could you have possibly done to deserve this?”
2
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: having feathers on one's head.
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... some feather-headed gentleman or lady whom in passing we regret to take as legal tender for a human being may be acting as a melancholy theory of life in the minds of those who live with them,
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“You may be a feather—headed imbecile but is it a crime to be a feather-headed imbecile? What could you have possibly done to deserve this?”
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Lucky wondered as he stood if there was anything worse than some foolishly romantic, feather headed old maid?
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