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单词 madhead
释义 I. ˈmadhead1 Obs.
[See -head.]
Madness.
c1375Cursor M. 22865 (Fairf.) Þat to wene is bot madhede [older texts sothede].a1450Myrc 1657 Lest þow do oȝt on madhede.
II. ˈmadhead2 Obs. exc. dial.
[f. mad a. + head n.1]
A mad person. Also appos. or attrib.
1600Breton Pasquils Fooles-cap (Grosart) 22/1 Such Madhead fellowes are but Fooles indeede.1602Merry Wonders To Rdr., Hoping that some mad-head in the world might have as much leysure to read as I haue had [to] write.1959New Statesman 26 Dec. 904/3 He'd quietened down now though, and butter wouldn't melt in his mouth, he said..after all his stories about him being a madhead.1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. ix. 170 Red heads attract a barrage of nicknames..glow-worm, mad head [etc.].
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