maddest
Mad \
Mad \,
a . [
Compar . {
Madder };
superl . {
Maddest }.] [
AS .
gem ?
d ,
gem [=
a ]
d ,
mad ;
akin to OS .
gem ?
d foolish ,
OHG .
gameit ,
Icel .
mei ?
a to hurt ,
Goth .
gam ['
a ]
ids weak ,
broken . ?.]
1 .
Disordered in intellect ;
crazy ;
insane .
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I have heard my grandsire say full oft ,
Extremity of griefs would make men mad . --
Shak .
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2 .
Excited beyond self -
control or the restraint of reason ;
inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire ,
passion ,
or appetite ;
as ,
to be mad with terror ,
lust ,
or hatred ;
mad against political reform .
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It is the land of graven images ,
and they are mad upon their idols . --
Jer .
1 .
88 .
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And being exceedingly mad against them ,
I persecuted them even unto strange cities . --
Acts xxvi .
11 .
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3 .
Proceeding from ,
or indicating ,
madness ;
expressing distraction ;
prompted by infatuation ,
fury ,
or extreme rashness . "
Mad demeanor ." --
Milton .
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Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace . --
Franklin .
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The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled . --
Jowett (
Thucyd .).
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4 .
Extravagant ;
immoderate . "
Be mad and merry ." --
Shak .
"
Fetching mad bounds ." --
Shak .
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5 .
Furious with rage ,
terror ,
or disease ; --
said of the lower animals ;
as ,
a mad bull ;
esp .,
having hydrophobia ;
rabid ;
as ,
a mad dog .
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6 .
Angry ;
out of patience ;
vexed ;
as ,
to get mad at a person .
[
Colloq .]
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7 .
Having impaired polarity ; --
applied to a compass needle .
[
Colloq .]
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{
Like mad },
like a mad person ;
in a furious manner ;
as ,
to run like mad . --
L '
Estrange .
{
To run mad }.
(
a )
To become wild with excitement .
(
b )
To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia ;
to become affected with hydrophobia .
{
To run mad after },
to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire . "
The world is running mad after farce ." --
Dryden .
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