brainsick

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And this man, at once unprincipled and brainsick, had in his keeping the understanding and the conscience of the unhappy Monmouth.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Good Lord, what madness rules in brainsick men, When for so slight and frivolous a cause Such factious emulations shall arise!

From King Henry VI, Part 1 by Shakespeare, William

Posterity can do simply nothing for a man; nor even seem to do much if the man be not brainsick.

From Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Carlyle, Thomas

For in that case he is guilty of no crime against you; it is I that am mad and brainsick to accuse him now.

From The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1 by Pickard, Arthur Wallace

Good Lord! what madness rules in brainsick men When, for so slight and frivolous a cause, Such —— emulations shall arise.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin