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   Doo·lal·ly

   /ˌdo͞oˈlälē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. temporarily deranged or feebleminded: informal British "Uncle Orville's gone doolally again"

   Word Origin early 20th century: originally doolally tap, Indian army slang, from Deolali (the name of a town with a military sanatorium and a transit camp) + Urdu tap ‘fever’.

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   What does Doolally mean?

   • slang. Doolally definition: out of one's mind; crazy. See examples of DOOLALLY used in a sentence.

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   What does doolally tap mean?

   • I'm going doolally trying to do this puzzle. early 20th cent.: originally doolally tap, Indian army slang, from Deolali (the name of a town near Bombay) + Urdu tap ‘fever’. Want to learn more?

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   What slang does Deolali mean?

   • early 20th cent.: originally doolally tap, Indian army slang, from Deolali (the name of a town near Bombay) + Urdu tap ‘fever’. Want to learn more? Find out which words work together and produce more natural-sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.

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   When was Doolally first used?

   • The earliest known use of the adjective doolally is in the 1890s. OED's earliest evidence for doolally is from 1898, in Sheffield Weekly Tel. From a proper name.

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   Doolally definition: out of one's mind; crazy. See examples of DOOLALLY used in a sentence.

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   May 21, 2024 · adjective. slang. out of one's mind. In full: doolally tap. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C19: originally military slang, from Deolali, a town near Mumbai, the location of a military sanatorium + Hindustani tap fever. Examples of 'doolally' in a sentence. doolally.

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   From doolally tap (“camp fever; (by extension) eccentricity; madness”), with doolally interpreted as an adjective. Doolally is derived from the Deolali transit camp, a former British army camp about 100 miles (160 kilometres) northeast of Bombay, India, used as a transit station for soldiers awaiting transport back to Britain; while tap (“Indian ma...

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   (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /duːˈlæli/

   (General American) IPA(key): /duˈlæli/

   Rhymes: -æli

   Hyphenation: doo‧lal‧ly

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   doolally (comparative more doolally, superlative most doolally) (chiefly UK, slang) 1. (originally military slang) Eccentric; insane, mad. 1.1. Synonyms: (dated) doolally tap; see also Thesaurus:insane 1.1. [1920, Richard King [pseudonym; Richard King Huskinson], “How I Came to Make ‘History’!”, in Over the Fireside with Silent Friends, London: Joh...

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   Michael Quinion (created July 14, 2001, last updated April 19, 2007) “Doolally tap”, in World Wide Words.

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   There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective doolally. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Doolally Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary. Home. Dictionary Meanings. Doolally Definition. Meanings. Definition Source. Origin. Adjective. Filter. adjective. (chiefly UK) Insane, mad or eccentric. Wiktionary. Origin of Doolally. From doolally tap, interpreting doolally as an adjective. From Wiktionary. Find Similar Words.