also harebrained, 1540s, from hare-brain "giddy or reckless person" (1540s), probably from hare (n.), on notion of "flighty, skittish."
hardwood
hard-working
hardy
hare
Hare Krishna
hare-brained
hare-lip
harem
hark
harken
Harleian
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