lackbrain

English

Etymology

lack +‎ brain

Noun

lackbrain (plural lackbrains)

  1. (derogatory) A person who lacks brains; an idiot.
    • 1841, George Rogers, Tales from Life:
      Among themselves, his clerical brethren who employed him to produce revivals, acknowledged him to be but a pitiful lackbrain...
    • 1995, Catherine Coulter, Lord of Falcon Ridge:
      "Is that clear enough, even for you, lackbrain?"
    • 2007, Sandra Hill, Down and Dirty:
      One moment I was staring up at that lackbrain Sister Margaret, and the next I was staring at that lackbrain chieftain...

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