Mad

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·- ·p.p. of Made.

II. Mad ·superl Extravagant; immoderate.

III. Mad ·noun A Slattern.

IV. Mad ·noun An Earthworm.

V. Mad ·superl Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.

VI. Mad ·vt To make mad or furious; to Madden.

VII. Mad ·superl Having impaired polarity;

— applied to a compass needle.

VIII. Mad ·superl Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.

IX. Mad ·vi To be mad; to go mad; to rave. ·see Madding.

X. Mad ·noun The name of a female fairy, ·esp. the queen of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy.

XI. Mad ·superl Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.

XII. Mad ·superl Furious with rage, terror, or disease;

— said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; ·esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.

XIII. Mad ·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.

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