madded

Variant of mad

mad definition

mad (mad)

adjective madder mad′·der, maddest mad′·dest

  1. mentally ill; insane
  2. wildly excited or disorderly; frenzied; frantic mad with fear
  3. showing or resulting from lack of reason; foolish and rash; unwise a mad scheme
  4. blindly and foolishly enthusiastic or fond; infatuated to be mad about clothes
  5. wildly amusing; hilarious a mad comedy
  6. having rabies a mad dog
    1. angry or provoked: often with at
    2. showing or expressing anger

Etymology: ME madd, aphetic < OE gemæd, pp. of (ge)mædan, to make mad, akin to Goth gamaiths, crippled, OS gimēd, foolish < IE *mait- < base *mai-, to hew, cut off > Goth maitan, to hew, Gr mitylos, dehorned

transitive verb, intransitive verb madded mad′·ded, madding mad′·ding

Archaic to madden

noun

an angry or sullen mood or fit
mad Idioms

have a mad on

Informal to be angry

mad as a hatter

or mad as a March hare
completely crazy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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