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mads

mads is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Noun capitalized: MADs

MADs

  1. (plural) plural of MAD

Questions about mads

What is mads the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mads is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mad.
What part of speech is mads?
Mads is a noun.

Words near mads in the dictionary

  1. madroños
  2. Madruga
  3. Madrugas
  4. Madry
  5. Madrys
  6. mads
  7. Madsen
  8. Madsens
  9. madsome
  10. Madson
  11. Madsons

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