madcapn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmadkap/, U.S.

/ˈmædˌkæp/

Forms: see mad adj. and cap n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mad adj., cap n.¹

Etymology: < mad adj. + cap n.¹; compare goose-cap, huffcap.

A. n.

†(a) In early use: a madman; a maniac. Obsolete. rare. (b) A person who acts like a maniac; a reckless, wildly impulsive person. Now also in South Asian use: a fool, a very stupid or irresponsible person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] > mad person

woodman1297

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March harec1500

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Jack o' Bedlam1528

Tom o' Bedlam1569

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barm-pot1951

nutcake1953

nutter1958

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nut job1959

meshuga1962

nutsy1964

headcase1965

nutball1968

headbanger1973

nutso1975

wacko1977

nut bar1978

mentalist1990

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun] > rashness or recklessness > rash or reckless person

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devil-may-care1839

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wild-catter1883

1589 R. Greene Spanish Masquerado sig. C3^v This crue of popish Madcaps.

1599 J. Hayward 1st Pt. Henrie IIII 19 There was..Sir Hugh Linne, a good souldier, but a very mad-cap.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe iv. sig. F3 What mad-caps haue you in your house [sc. Bedlam]?

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. v. 7 Come-on you mad-cap: Ile to the Ale-house with you.

1668 J. Dryden Secret-love iii. i. 34 Lord, that such a Mad-Cap as I should ever live to be jealous!

1711 J. Anderson Countrey-man's Let. to Curat 12 There were..some Mad-caps alias High-Flyers, in the Council that opposed the granting of it.

1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges ii. 88 I should like to have seen that noble old madcap Peterborough.

1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius ii. 12 To be singing when Vesuvius was thundering..was not unfitting the imperial madcap.

1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. i. 15 On the boards she was the merriest, gayest, madcap in the world.

1936 N.Y. Woman 23 Sept. 18/1 Mrs. Simpson..is variously described as a Romp, a madcap, a Vixen and a Practical Joker of the chair-pulling type.

1960 20th Cent. May 448 Mr Tom Harrison and Professor Charles Madge were thought to be madcaps for starting Mass Observation.

1983 R. K. Narayan Tiger for Malgudi 50 He is a madcap and we must learn to live with him.

B. adj. (chiefly attributive).

Mad, crazy; idiotic, wildly impulsive or extravagant; bizarre, zany.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless

recklesseOE

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kamikaze1952

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad > scatter-brained

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scatty1911

twitterpated1943

1591 J. Lyly Endimion v. ii. sig. H4^v O mad cap master. You were worthy to winne Dipsas, were shee as olde againe.

1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia sig. B7 When thou hast read this mad-cap stuffe.

a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) i. iii. sig. D4 Dor. And is your hate so mortall? Mar. Not to his person, But to his qualities, his mad-cap follies.

1808 W. Irving Salmagundi 25 Jan. xx. 409 Those fairy times when I was a mad-cap boy.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. ii. 53 The madcap girl ran up to her mother.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues ix, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 61 Let the madcap billows in thunder break on the shore.

1893 H. Vizetelly Glances Back ii. xxxiii. 233 Madcap republicans bent on disturbing the emperor's pleasure.

1958 Daily Sketch 2 June 12/4 Avoid the madcap scheme that will almost certainly be put before you.

1978 N.Y. Mag. 3 Apr. 17/3 This is not the best of Georges Feydeau, but there is a supply of joy even in the lesser works of this madcap master.

1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 21 July a2/2 The Law Society of Upper Canada is doing something so madcap, so daring, so over the top.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	madcap
释义	madcapn.adj. Brit. /ˈmadkap/, U.S. /ˈmædˌkæp/ Forms: see mad adj. and cap n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mad adj., cap n.¹ Etymology: < mad adj. + cap n.¹; compare goose-cap, huffcap. A. n. †(a) In early use: a madman; a maniac. Obsolete. rare. (b) A person who acts like a maniac; a reckless, wildly impulsive person. Now also in South Asian use: a fool, a very stupid or irresponsible person. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] > mad person woodman1297 madmanc1330 lunatic1377 franticc1380 madwomana1438 March harec1500 Bedlam beggar1525 fanaticc1525 bedlama1529 frenetic1528 Jack o' Bedlam1528 Tom o' Bedlam1569 crack-brain1570 madbrain1570 Tom1575 madcap1589 gelt1596 madhead1600 brainsick1605 madpash1611 non compos1628 madling1638 bedlam-man1658 bedlamerc1675 fan1682 bedlamite1691 cracka1701 lymphatic1708 shatter-brain1719 mad1729 maniaca1763 non compos mentis1765 shatter-pate1775 shatter-wit1775 insane1786 craze1831 dement1857 crazy1867 crackpot1883 loony1884 bug1885 psychopath1885 dingbat1887 psychopathic1890 ding-a-ling1899 meshuggener1900 détraqué1902 maddiea1903 nut1908 mental1913 ding1929 lakes1934 wack1938 fruitcake1942 nutty1942 barm-pot1951 nutcake1953 nutter1958 nutcase1959 nut job1959 meshuga1962 nutsy1964 headcase1965 nutball1968 headbanger1973 nutso1975 wacko1977 nut bar1978 mentalist1990 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun] > rashness or recklessness > rash or reckless person bayard1393 hotspur1403 hare-brain1542 young blood1557 hare-copa1566 madcap1589 rashling1594 breakneck1598 harum-scarum1784 wild cat1812 devil-may-care1839 firecracker1852 ripper1877 wild-catter1883 1589 R. Greene Spanish Masquerado sig. C3^v This crue of popish Madcaps. 1599 J. Hayward 1st Pt. Henrie IIII 19 There was..Sir Hugh Linne, a good souldier, but a very mad-cap. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe iv. sig. F3 What mad-caps haue you in your house [sc. Bedlam]? a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. v. 7 Come-on you mad-cap: Ile to the Ale-house with you. View more context for this quotation 1668 J. Dryden Secret-love iii. i. 34 Lord, that such a Mad-Cap as I should ever live to be jealous! 1711 J. Anderson Countrey-man's Let. to Curat 12 There were..some Mad-caps alias High-Flyers, in the Council that opposed the granting of it. 1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges ii. 88 I should like to have seen that noble old madcap Peterborough. 1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius ii. 12 To be singing when Vesuvius was thundering..was not unfitting the imperial madcap. 1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. i. 15 On the boards she was the merriest, gayest, madcap in the world. 1936 N.Y. Woman 23 Sept. 18/1 Mrs. Simpson..is variously described as a Romp, a madcap, a Vixen and a Practical Joker of the chair-pulling type. 1960 20th Cent. May 448 Mr Tom Harrison and Professor Charles Madge were thought to be madcaps for starting Mass Observation. 1983 R. K. Narayan Tiger for Malgudi 50 He is a madcap and we must learn to live with him. B. adj. (chiefly attributive). Mad, crazy; idiotic, wildly impulsive or extravagant; bizarre, zany. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless recklesseOE redmodOE unreckless?c1225 hastivec1300 racklec1300 testyc1374 rabbisha1387 temeraryc1410 temerous1461 rash1509 temerarious1532 hare-brained1548 temerarec1550 hare-brain1566 hot-spurred1573 overrash1577 hotspur1586 madcap1591 wretchless1598 Phaetontic1608 zeal-blind1615 Phaetontal1617 unresponsable1619 Phaetontical1630 phaetonicala1640 Phaetonic1708 hell-bent1731 harum-scarum1751 unresponsible1764 suicidal1768 rumgumptious1781 shy1787 devil-may-care1799 bullheaded1818 devil-may-carish1825 temeritous1892 kamikaze1952 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad > scatter-brained madbraina1560 mad-headeda1566 mad-braineda1577 madcap1591 shatter-headedc1686 shatter-brained1727 shatter-witted1775 scatter-brained1804 skivie1808 wuzzy1896 shatter-pated1901 scatty1911 twitterpated1943 1591 J. Lyly Endimion v. ii. sig. H4^v O mad cap master. You were worthy to winne Dipsas, were shee as olde againe. 1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia sig. B7 When thou hast read this mad-cap stuffe. a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) i. iii. sig. D4 Dor. And is your hate so mortall? Mar. Not to his person, But to his qualities, his mad-cap follies. 1808 W. Irving Salmagundi 25 Jan. xx. 409 Those fairy times when I was a mad-cap boy. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. ii. 53 The madcap girl ran up to her mother. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues ix, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 61 Let the madcap billows in thunder break on the shore. 1893 H. Vizetelly Glances Back ii. xxxiii. 233 Madcap republicans bent on disturbing the emperor's pleasure. 1958 Daily Sketch 2 June 12/4 Avoid the madcap scheme that will almost certainly be put before you. 1978 N.Y. Mag. 3 Apr. 17/3 This is not the best of Georges Feydeau, but there is a supply of joy even in the lesser works of this madcap master. 1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 21 July a2/2 The Law Society of Upper Canada is doing something so madcap, so daring, so over the top. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1589
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