Definition of "brainish" []

• Archaic Headstrong; impetuous. (adjective)

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• "Carnevale in Ivrea, streets flowing with the brainish and aromatic combination of orange pulp and horse droppings."
• "She was brainish a 'the time, an' she follow'd her bairnie twa days efter."
• "And in all this Princess Márya Alexévna is perfectly right and plays the true prophet, unless these young people who are getting married have another purpose, their one and only one, unknown to Princess Márya Alexévna, and that not a brainish purpose, not one recognized by the intellect, but one that gives life its color and the attainment of which is more moving than any other."