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madbrained

madbrained adjective: madcap; crazy.

Adjective

madbrained (comparative more madbrained, superlative most madbrained)

  1. madcap; crazy
    • contumelious, beastly, mad-brained warc. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of madbrained

comparativemore madbrained
superlativemost madbrained

Origin of madbrained

From mad + brained.

Questions about madbrained

What does madbrained mean?
Madbrained means madcap; crazy.
What part of speech is madbrained?
Madbrained is an adjective.

Words near madbrained in the dictionary

  1. Maday
  2. Madayag
  3. Madayags
  4. Madays
  5. madbrain
  6. madbrained
  7. madbrains
  8. Madbury
  9. madcap
  10. madcapperies
  11. madcappery

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