adj
brainish
Brainish (adj) means Quick to anger; hot-tempered.
adj
1
Quick to anger; hot-tempered.
2
Made up entirely by the imagination and not meant seriously.
3
To do with the mind rather than the body or feelings.
"Brainish discourses talk only with the understanding, they go no further, because they rise no deeper then from the understanding of him that speaks."
— Norman Foerster, American Poetry and Prose (1970)
"The coarsest sensualists are in thrall more to their brainish fantasies than to their carnal appetites."
— Michael Curran, Sentences (2013)
4
Very clever and intellectual.
"Brainish men are ambitious and incapable, while discreet men are timid and excessively conservative."
— You-sheng Chen, LunYu - Confucian Analects in Chinese & English (2012)
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Etymology
Formed from brain and -ish.
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What is the meaning of brainish?
"brainish" (adj) means quick to anger; hot-tempered.
What is another word for brainish?
Other words for "brainish" include impetuous, madcap, hotheaded, tearaway, impulsive.
What is the opposite of brainish?
The opposite of "brainish" is imperturbable.
What are the different meanings of brainish?
"brainish" has 3 main meanings: 1. Quick to anger; hot-tempered; 2. Made up entirely by the imagination and not meant seriously; 3. To do with the mind rather than the body or feelings.
