mad-cap
mad-cap is the alternative form of madcap.
Meaning of madcap
Noun
madcap (plural madcaps)
- A person who acts in a capricious, impulsive, or reckless manner.
- Near-synonyms: mad lad, madlad
- A very foolish or irresponsible person; a fool, an idiot.
- [R]un around as he commands. He is a madcap and we must learn to live with him. We are in his hands.1983, R[asipuram] K[rishnaswami] Narayan[aswami], A Tiger for Malgudi, New Delhi; Navrangpura, Ahmedabad: Allied Publishers [in arrangement with William Heinemann], →OCLC, page 50
- An insane person; a lunatic.
- VVhy vvhat a mad-cap hath heauen lent vs here?c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
Forms of mad-cap
| plural | mad-caps |
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Questions about mad-cap
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- Mad-cap is the alternative form of madcap.
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