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madcappery

madcappery noun: the action or behavior of a madcap.

Noun

madcappery (usually uncountable, plural madcapperies)

  1. (usually) The action or behavior of a madcap.
    • I thought of Scott dangling from that flagpole at the top of Fifty Penn Place, and no wonder he seemed unimpressed by my own madcappery.2014, Blake Bailey, The Splendid Things We Planned: A Family Portrait

Forms of madcappery

pluralmadcapperies

Origin of madcappery

From madcap + -ery.

Questions about madcappery

What does madcappery mean?
Madcappery means the action or behavior of a madcap.
What part of speech is madcappery?
Madcappery is a noun.
What is the plural of madcappery?
The plural of madcappery is madcapperies.

Words near madcappery in the dictionary

  1. madbrained
  2. madbrains
  3. Madbury
  4. madcap
  5. madcapperies
  6. madcappery
  7. madcaps
  8. Madchester
  9. madchild
  10. madchildren
  11. MaDCoWS

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