English

empty-headed

From empty + headed; compare airheaded.

A compound of empty + headed

Old English ǣmtiġ ‘vacant’

Middle English emty ‘empty’

English empty

Today it means

adj Silly and lacking sense or discretion; featherbrained or scatterbrained.

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Etymograph / empty-headed

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