Mad

Mad - Other Definitions

• (n.) A slattern.
  
  
• (n.) The name of a female fairy, esp. the queen of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy.
  
  
• () p. p. of Made.
  
  
• (superl.) Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.
  
  
• (superl.) 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.
  
  
• (superl.) Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.
  
  
• (superl.) Extravagant; immoderate.
  
  
• (superl.) Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.
  
  
• (superl.) Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.
  
  
• (superl.) Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.
  
  
• (v. t.) To make mad or furious; to madden.
  
  
• (v. i.) To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding.
  
  
• (n.) An earthworm.
  
  
• (a.) In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly.