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Forgetful person literally indicated by this puzzle's circles
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scatterbrain
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a flighty and disorganized person [syn: forgetful person ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Scatterbrain is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Gus Meins and written by Val Burton, Jack Townley and Paul Conlan. The film stars Judy Canova , Alan Mowbray , Ruth Donnelly , Eddie Foy, Jr. , Joseph Cawthorn and Wallace Ford . The film was released ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also scatter-brain , "thoughtless, giddy person, one incapable of serious, connected thought," 1764 ( scatter-brained ), from scatter (v.) + brain (n.). Related: Scatterbrained . Compare scatter-good "spendthrift."
Usage examples of scatterbrain.
Nancy was the drudge, Millie the scatterbrain, old Miss Belle almost senile.
The big wigs at the Octagon are scared silly that some scatterbrains will hear about such items as the matter converters and get all steamed up with man's oldest dream.
She expected she would marry one day-most women in the Two Rivers did-but she was not like those scatterbrains she heard going on about how they could hardly wait.