Meaning

6 senses
  1. Cerebral; intellectual rather than physical or emotional.

  2. Intellectual; highly intelligent.

  3. Neurological; concerning the brain and nervous system.

  4. Brain-like.

  5. (obsolete)Hot-headed; furious

  6. (obsolete)Purely the work of the imagination, without serious meaning.

More definitions
  • characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

Origin

From brain + -ish.

From brain + -ish.

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Forms

more brainish, most brainish
Comparativemore brainish Lesson
Superlativemost brainish Lesson

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Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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