Madcap definition

mădkăp

Behaving or acting impulsively or rashly; wild.

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A reckless, impulsive, or uninhibited person, orig. esp. a girl.

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Reckless, uninhibited, or zany.

Madcap pranks.

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Impulsive, hasty or reckless; capricious.

The film featured a madcap car chase that went right through a crowded café.

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An impulsive, hasty, capricious person.

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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:

madcap

Plural:

madcaps

Origin of madcap

mad cap head

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
1580s, mad +"Ž cap (“head"), literally “crazy head". Original literal sense “lunatic, crazy person", now used figuratively.

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