lackbrain

English

Etymology

From 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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• black rain