rattlebrain

noun

a giddy, empty-headed, talkative person.

Origin:
1700–10; rattle¹ + brain

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rattlebrain definition

n.
a stupid person. : Please try not to be such a rattlebrain! Pay attention to what you are doing.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Rattlebrain is always a great word to know.

So is bezoar. Does it mean:

a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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"A poet is no rattlebrain, saying what comes uppermost, and, because he says every thing, saying, at last, something good; but a heart in unison with his time and country. There is nothing whimsical or fantastic in his production, but sweet and sad earnest, freighted with the weightiest convictions, and pointed with the most determined aim which any man or class knows of in his times."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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