Mad (?), obs. p. p.
of Made.
Chaucer.
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Mad (?), a. [Compar. Madder (?); superl. Maddest (?).] [AS. gemd, gemad, mad; akin to OS. gemd foolish, OHG. gameit, Icel. meia to hurt, Goth. gamaids 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.
"Be
mad and merry."
Shak. "Fetching
mad bounds."
Shak.
5.
Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.
6.
Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.
[Colloq.]
7.
Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.
[Colloq.]
Like mad, like a mad person; in a furious manner; as, to run like mad. L'Estrange. -- To run mad. (a) To become wild with excitement. (b) To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia. -- To run mad after, to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. "The world is running mad after farce." Dryden.
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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.
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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).
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Mad, n. [AS. maa; akin to D. & G. made, Goth. mapa, and prob. to E. moth.] Zool.
An earthworm.
[Written also
made.]
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