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mad for it

mad for it adjective: exceedingly eager, or having a keen desire or appetite for something.

Adjective

mad for it (comparative more mad for it, superlative most mad for it)

  1. (Ireland, UK, informal) Exceedingly eager, or having a keen desire or appetite for something.
    • Glenereegan is to be sold to the highest bidder to-day.[…]I'm tould - It's Pether Byrne that dhrives Bianconi's car that tould me - that a smalpeen of a Dublin attorney is mad for it.1883 January 6, Nugent Robinson, Ave Maria - Volume 9 - Father Tom: A Story of Connemara, page 3

Forms of mad for it

comparativemore mad for it
superlativemost mad for it
alternative formmadferit

Questions about mad for it

What does mad for it mean?
Mad for it means exceedingly eager, or having a keen desire or appetite for something.
What part of speech is mad for it?
Mad for it is an adjective.

Words near mad for it in the dictionary

  1. mad cows
  2. mad dog
  3. mad dogs
  4. mad dogs and Englishmen
  5. mad enough to chew nails
  6. mad for it
  7. mad hatter
  8. mad hatter disease
  9. mad hatter syndrome
  10. mad hatters
  11. mad honey

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