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Definition of Brainsick
1. Adjective. Affected with madness or insanity. "A man who had gone mad"
Similar to: Insane
Derivative terms: Craze, Craziness, Dementedness, Madness, Sick
Definition of Brainsick
1. a. Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.
Definition of Brainsick
1. Adjective. Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brainsick
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brainsick
Literary usage of Brainsick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to 1830 by John Genest (1832)
"... are seated on the bed in his chamber—Mrs. brainsick, who is under the bed,
... the bed —Mrs. Tricksy and Mrs. brainsick come out of their hiding places, ..."
2. Mixed Essays: Irish Essays and Others by Matthew Arnold (1883)
""Poor brainsick creatures! ... down the poor brainsick creatures and punish them,
which, to say the truth, we have done freely enough in the past; ..."
3. The Nineteenth Century (1881)
"Poor brainsick creatures!'—a sterner critic among these kinsmen says—' poor
brainsick creatures, distraught with misery and incurable ignorance ! by ..."
4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"brainsick. Distempered in the brain ; mad ; impetuous. ... too too olt* betake
him to retire, Beaten away by brainsick rode desire. The following passage is ..."
5. Irish Essays: And Others by Matthew Arnold (1882)
"Poor brainsick creatures ! '—a sterner critic 2 among these kinsmen says,—' poor
brainsick creatures, distraught with misery and incurable ignorance ! by ..."
6. Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to 1830 by John Genest (1832)
"... are seated on the bed in his chamber—Mrs. brainsick, who is under the bed,
... the bed —Mrs. Tricksy and Mrs. brainsick come out of their hiding places, ..."
7. Mixed Essays: Irish Essays and Others by Matthew Arnold (1883)
""Poor brainsick creatures! ... down the poor brainsick creatures and punish them,
which, to say the truth, we have done freely enough in the past; ..."
8. The Nineteenth Century (1881)
"Poor brainsick creatures!'—a sterner critic among these kinsmen says—' poor
brainsick creatures, distraught with misery and incurable ignorance ! by ..."
9. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"brainsick. Distempered in the brain ; mad ; impetuous. ... too too olt* betake
him to retire, Beaten away by brainsick rode desire. The following passage is ..."
10. Irish Essays: And Others by Matthew Arnold (1882)
"Poor brainsick creatures ! '—a sterner critic 2 among these kinsmen says,—' poor
brainsick creatures, distraught with misery and incurable ignorance ! by ..."
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