Meanings
comparative more cockbrained · superlative most cockbrained · alternative cock-brained
- archaicderogatoryFoolish; lacking in common sense and good judgement.
His instances out of the common law are all so quite beside the matter which he would prove, as may be a warning to all clients how they venture their business with such a cockbrained solicitor.
1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC1 more example
Woods is a douche, but he just rips off Winnie Gekko, who is the lamest character in the movie. Not to mention that the money Woods stole from Winnie Gekko wasn't even hers, it was dirty Gordon Gekko money, and if he hadn't stolen it, it was only going to end up down the toilet invested in "young Bud Fox"'s cock-brained idea.
2010 September 24, Courtney Comstock, “The Villain In Wall Street 2 Is So Much Like Goldman Sachs It's Ridiculous”, in Business InsiderSynonyms: scatterbrained, rash, giddy
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFoolish; lacking in common sense and good judgement.
Origin
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cockbrained. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockbrained
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