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(), obs. p. p. of Made. Chaucer. Mad (), a.[Compar.Madder (); superl.Maddest ().] [AS. gemd, gemd, mad; akin to OS. gemd foolish, OHG. gameit, Icel. meia to hurt, Goth. gamids weak, broken. .] 1. Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane. I have heard my grandsire say full oft, Extremity of griefs would make men mad. Shak. 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. It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. Jer. 1. 88. And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. Acts xxvi. 11. 3. Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness. "Mad demeanor." Milton. Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace. Franklin. The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled. Jowett (Thucyd.). 4. Extravagant; immoderate. "B Mad v. t.[imp. & p. p.Madded; p. pr. & vb. n.Madding.] To make mad or furious; to madden. Had I but seen thy picture in this plight, It would have madded me. Shak. Mad v. i.To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding. [Archaic] Chaucer. Festus said with great voice, Paul thou maddest. Wyclif (Acts). Mad n.[AS. maa; akin to D. & G. made, Goth. mapa, and prob. to E. moth.] (Zol.) An earthworm. [Written also made.] スポンサード リンク
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