Definition
A foolish or scatterbrained person; another term for a featherbrain.
Etymology
Compound of 'feather' and 'head,' parallel to 'featherbrain.' Creates insults by comparing people's intellectual capacity to the lightness of feathers.
Kelly Says
Every culture insults people's intelligence by comparing their heads to light objects—'featherhead,' 'airhead,' 'blockhead.' It reveals that humans across time see intelligence and weightiness as connected.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
Feathers እንደ አንድ ደም
Feathers en-de and dem
ARالعربية
رأس الريش
ra-s ar-riysh
BNবাংলা
পক্ষীর মাথা
pak-shir ma-tha
CACatalà
cap de plomes
cap de plo-mes
CSČeština
peří hlava
pe-ri hlava
DADansk
fjederhøj
fje-der-hø-j
DEDeutsch
Federkopf
feh-der-kopf
ELΕλληνικά
κεφάλι πτέρου
ke-fa-li pte-rou
ESEspañol
cabeza de plumas
ka-be-sa de plu-mas
FAفارسی
سر پرنده
sar pard-e
FISuomi
höyhenpää
hoy-hen-paa
FRFrançais
tête de plume
tet de plu-m
GUGU
પક્ષીનું મસ્તક
pak-shi-nu mas-tak
HAHA
gidan ganyaye
gi-dan ga-nye-ye
HEעברית
ראש נוצה
rosh no-tza
HIहिन्दी
पंखों का सिर
pan-khon ka sir
HUMagyar
tollfej
toll-fej
IDBahasa Indonesia
kepala bulu
ke-pa-la bu-lu
ITItaliano
testa di piuma
tes-ta di pwee-ma
KO한국어
깃털 머리
kit-teul me-ri
MRMR
पंखची डोक
pan-kh-chi dok
MSBahasa Melayu
kepala bulu
ke-pa-la bu-lu
MYမြန်မာ
အင်းတောင်
a-ng-ta-ung
NLNederlands
veertjeshoofd
veer-tjes-ho-ofd
NONorsk
fjærhode
fje-r-hode
PAPA
ਪੰਛੀ ਦਾ ਸਿਰ
panch-ee da sir
PLPolski
głowa z pióropłóci
go-wa z pee-o-p-wó-chi
PTPortuguês
cabeça de pena
ka-be-sa de pe-na
RORomână
cap de penă
cap de pe-nă
RUРусский
голо́ва из перьев
go-lo-va iz pe-rev
SVSvenska
fjäderhuvud
fjä-der-hu-vud
SWKiswahili
kichwa ya manyoya
ki-ch-wa ya ma-no-ya
TAதமிழ்
விருந்து தலை
vi-run-thu tha-lai
TEతెలుగు
పక్షి 머డు
pak-shi me-du
THไทย
หัวขนนก
hua khan-nok
TLTL
ulo ng balahibo
u-lo ng ba-la-hi-bo
TRTürkçe
tüy başı
tyu ba-sı
UKУкраїнська
голова з пір'я
go-lova z pi-rya
VITiếng Việt
đầu lông vũ
dau long vu
ZUZU
isigqoko
i-si-g-qo-ko