mad
Pronunciation: /ˈmæd/
The English word “mad” has 13 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Insane; crazy; mentally deranged.
- Angry; annoyed.
- Used litotically to indicate satisfaction or approval.
- Bizarre; incredible.
- Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent.
- Wildly confused or excited.
- Extremely enthusiastic about; crazy about; infatuated with; overcome with desire for.
- Abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies.
- Intensifier, signifying abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much, excellent or many.
- Having impaired polarity.
adverb
- Intensifier; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly; very; unbelievably.
verb
Etymology
From Middle English mad, madde, madd, medd, from Old English ġemǣd, ġemǣded (“enraged”), past participle of ġemǣdan, *mǣdan (“to make insane or foolish”), from Proto-Germanic *maidijaną (“to change; damage; cripple; injure; make mad”), from Proto-Germanic *maidaz ("weak; crippled"; compare Old English gemād (“silly, mad”), Old High German gimeit (“foolish, crazy”), literary German gemeit (“mad,…
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