Is Harebrained a Real Word?

harebrained Add to list Share. Something that's harebrained is reckless or foolish.

Is it Hairbrained or harebrained?

The hair variant was preserved in Scotland into the 1700s, and as a result it is impossible to tell exactly when people began writing hairbrained in the belief that the word means "having a hair-sized brain" rather than "with no more sense than a hare." While hairbrained continues to be used, the standard spelling of ...

What is a harebrained?

1 : foolish sense 1. 2 : absurd, ridiculous.