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English
Etymology
From brain + sick.
Adjective
brainsick (comparative more brainsick, superlative most brainsick)
- Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Good Lord, what madness rules in brainsick men,
When for so slight and frivolous a cause
Such factious emulations shall arise!
1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: , London: for Henry Bell, , published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):Come vnckle, let vs leaue the brainsick king,
And henceforth parle with our naked swords.
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