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Meaning of feather-headed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. foolish or frivolous
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: having feathers on one's head.

Examples

“... 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?””
“Lucky wondered as he stood if there was anything worse than some foolishly romantic, feather headed old maid?”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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