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Mad
Mad
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Madder
; sup
erl.
Maddest
.] [AS.
gem[GREEK]d
, gemād
, mad; akin to OS. gem[GREEK]d
foolish, OHG. gameit
, Icel. mei[GREEK]a
to hurt, Goth. gamáids
weak, broken. [GREEK].] 1.
Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.
I have heard my grandsire say full oft,
Extremity of griefs would make men
Extremity of griefs would make men
mad
. Shakespeare
2.
Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite;
as, to be
mad
with terror, lust, or hatred; mad
against political reform.It is the land of graven images, and they are
mad
upon their idols. Jer. 1. 88.
And being exceedingly
mad
against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. Acts xxvi. 11.
3.
Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.
“Mad demeanor.” Milton.
Mad
wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace. Franklin.
The
mad
promise of Cleon was fulfilled. Jowett (Thucyd.).
4.
Extravagant; immoderate.
“Be mad and merry.” Shak.
“Fetching mad bounds.” Shak.
5.
Furious with rage, terror, or disease; – said of the lower animals;
as, a
; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; mad
bullas, a
. mad
dog6.
Angry; out of patience; vexed;
as, to get
. mad
at a person[Colloq.]
7.
Having impaired polarity; – applied to a compass needle.
[Colloq.]
Like mad
, like a mad person; in a furious manner;
– as, to run
. like mad
. L’Estrange
To run mad
. (a)
To become wild with excitement
. (b)
To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia.
– To run mad after
, to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire.
“The world is running mad after farce.” Dryden.
Mad
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Madded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Madding
.] To make mad or furious; to madden.
Had I but seen thy picture in this plight,
It would have
It would have
madded
me. Shakespeare
Mad
,Verb.
I.
To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See
Madding
. [Archaic]
Chaucer.
Festus said with great voice, Paul thou
maddest
. Wyclif (Acts).
Mad
,Noun.
[AS.
ma[GREEK]a
; akin to D. & G. made
, Goth. mapa
, and prob. to E. moth
.] (Zool.)
An earthworm.
[Written also
made
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Mad
MAD
,Adj.
1.
Disordered in intellect; distracted; furious. We must bind our passions in chains, lest like mad folks, they break their locks and bolts.
2.
Proceeding from disordered intellect or expressing it; as a mad demeanor.3.
Enraged; furious; as a mad bull. And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them, even to strange cities. Acts.26.
4.
Inflamed to excess with desire; excited with violent and unreasonable passion or appetite; infatuated; followed properly by after. The world is running made after farce, the extremity of bad poetry.
'Mad upon their idols,' would be better rendered, 'Mad after their idols.' Jer.1.
5.
Distracted with anxiety or trouble; extremely perplexed. Thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes--
Deut.28.
6.
Infatuated with folly. The spiritual man is mad. Hos.9.
7.
Inflamed with anger; very angry. [This is a common and perhaps the most general sense of the word in America. It is thus used by Arbuthnot, and is perfectly proper.]8.
Proceeding from folly or infatuation. Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace.
MAD
,Verb.
T.
MAD
,Verb.
I.