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Definition of Featherhead
1. n. A frivolous or featherbrained person.
Definition of Featherhead
1. Noun. A foolish person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Featherhead
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Featherhead
Literary usage of Featherhead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Green Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang (1906)
"PRINCE featherhead AND THE PRINCESS CELANDINE ONCE upon a time there lived a King
and Queen, who were the best creatures in the world, and so kind-hearted ..."
2. Our Animal Friends: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1893)
"M' [FOR OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS] ISS featherhead was an old hen, who had lived in the
same barn-yard all her life. " I ain't no hand to gad around," she remarked ..."
3. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1866)
"But at last old papa declared that it was time for featherhead to settle ...
The fact was, that featherhead had lately been forming alliances such as no ..."
4. Queer Little People by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1867)
"Tlu; fact was, that featherhead had lately been forming alliances such as no
reputable squirrel should even think of. He had more than once been seen going ..."
5. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"featherhead, a light frivolous person. ... show the haughtiest featherhead that
a soul higher than himself is actually here; were his knees stiffened into ..."
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