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- DictionaryMad·cap/ˈmadˌkap/
adjective
- 1. amusingly eccentric: "a surreal, madcap novel"
noun
- 1. an eccentric person.
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used to describe silly and funny behavior or a plan that is very silly and funny and unlikely to succeed: the madcap antics of the clowns. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Stupid and silly. absurd. absurdity. absurdly. adolescent. against your better judgment idiom.
Definition of madcap adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Madcap definition: wildly or heedlessly impulsive; reckless; rash. See examples of MADCAP used in a sentence.
: marked by capriciousness, recklessness, or foolishness. madcap noun. Synonyms. audacious. brash. daredevil. foolhardy. overbold. overconfident. reckless. temerarious. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of madcap in a Sentence. a madcap scheme to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
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1580s, mad + cap, with cap figuratively used for "head" here. Original literal sense "lunatic, crazy person", now used figuratively.
madcap (comparative more madcap, superlative most madcap) 1. Hasty, impulsive, or reckless; capricious. 1.1. The film featured a madcapcar chase that went right through a crowded café. 1.1. 1820 January 1, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Christmas Eve”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number V, New York, N.Y.: […] C. ...
madcap (plural madcaps) 1. An impulsive, hasty, capricious person. 2. (obsolete) An insane person, a lunatic. 2.1. c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act ...
“Off the top.”, The Word Detective, October 28, 2005The Shakespearian dictionary, Smith, Elder, & co., 1832, p. 189madcap / ˈ mædˌkæp/ adjective. Britannica Dictionary definition of MADCAP. usually used before a noun [more madcap; most madcap] : very foolish or silly. a madcap scheme. a madcap [= zany] movie about a car race around the world. madcap antics. MADCAP meaning: very foolish or silly.
madcap in American English. (ˈmædˌkæp ) noun. 1. a reckless, impulsive, or uninhibited person, orig. esp. a girl. adjective. 2. reckless, uninhibited, or zany.
