Extravagant folly or recklessness; vehemence of passion or desire; wildness, infatuation. Cf. madness, n. 1.
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > madness, extreme folly > [noun] (14) woodnessc1000 Extravagant folly or recklessness; vehemence of passion or desire; wildness, infatuation. Cf. madness, n. 1. woodhead1303 Madness, extreme folly. madnessc1384 Imprudence, delusion, or (wild) foolishness resembling insanity; an instance of this. ragec1390 Folly, rashness; an instance of this; a foolish act. Obsolete. lunacya1592 transferred and figurative. Mad folly. Often in much weakened sense. idiotism1592 = idiocy, n. 1. = idiocy, n. 1a(b). colloquial. wittolry1592 Complaisant cuckoldry; hence, extreme folly. midsummer madnessa1616 extreme foolishness (cf. midsummer moon n.). hare-brainedness1656 idiotry1757 (a) Chiefly Scots Law. = idiocy, n. 1a(a). Now historical in technical sense. (b) = idiocy, n. 1a(b). insanity1840 Extreme folly or want of sound sense; an instance of this. meshugas1898 Esp. in Jewish usage: madness, craziness; nonsense, foolishness; (as a count noun) a foolish idea; a foible, an idiosyncracy. Subcategories:— instance of (2) |
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