brainsick
Adjective

brainsick

  1. Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.
    • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act IV, Scene 1,
      Good Lord, what madness rules in brainsick men,
      When for so slight and frivolous a cause
      Such factious emulations shall arise!
    • 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II (play), London: William Jones,
      Come vnckle, let vs leaue the brainsick king,
      And henceforth parle with our naked swords.



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