mad
Middle English
/mad/
adj
Definitions
- mad, insane, deranged; not of sound mind.
- Emotionally overwhelmed; consumed by mood or feelings.
- Perplexed, bewildered; surprised emotionally.
- Irate, rageful; having much anger or fury.
- Idiotic or dumb; badly thought out or conceived
- (rare) Obstinate, incautious, overenthusiastic.
- (rare) Distraught, sad, unhappy.
- (rare) Scatterbrained or absent-minded.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ġemǣdd.
Origin
Old English
ġemǣdd
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bemad English
- mad English
- madbrain English
- madbrained English
- madcap English
- maddish English
- maddle English
- madhouse English
- madling English
- madly English
- madman English
- madness English
- madperson English
- madsome English
- madstone English
- madwoman English
- madwort English
- semimad English
- unmad English
- *maidijaną Proto-Germanic
- MAD Japanese
- ġemǣdd Old English
- amad Middle English
- madde Middle English
- madden Middle English
- made Middle English
- madhede Middle English
- madli Middle English
- madnes Middle English
- madschipe Middle English
- medd Middle English
- medde Middle English