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madded

madded is the simple past and past participle of mad.

Meaning of mad

Verb

mad (third-person singular simple present mads, present participle madding, simple past and past participle madded)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To be or become mad.
    • The imperial Elizabetta gazed with surprise at the youthful and unpretending appearance of the little being that had set the world madding.1832, [Washington Irving], “The Legend of the Rose of the Alhambra, or the Page and the Ger-Falcon”, in The Alhambra: A Series of Tales and Sketches of the Moors and Spaniards. […], volume II...
  2. (Jamaica, US, colloquial) To madden, to anger, to frustrate.
    • This musick mads me, let it sound no more.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...

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Questions about madded

What is madded the simple past and past participle of?
Madded is the simple past and past participle of mad.

Words near madded in the dictionary

  1. madda
  2. maddah
  3. maddahs
  4. maddalam
  5. maddale
  6. madded
  7. Maddela
  8. madden
  9. Madden-Julian oscillation
  10. maddened
  11. maddener

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