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madcaps

madcaps is the plural of madcap.

Meaning of madcap

Noun

madcap (plural madcaps)

  1. A person who acts in a capricious, impulsive, or reckless manner.
    • Near-synonyms: mad lad, madlad
    Synonyms:
    mad lad, madlad
  2. (South-Asia) 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
  3. (obsolete, rare) 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]...

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Forms of madcaps

alternative formmad-caps

Questions about madcaps

What is madcaps the plural of?
Madcaps is the plural of madcap.

Words near madcaps in the dictionary

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

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