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maddish

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Somewhat mad.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1642, Thomas Morton, The Presentment of a Schismaticke, London: R. Whitaker & S. Brown, p. 6, I have reserved for the last place a Character which maketh his case most desperate, called by Auusten maddish obstinacy [...]
  • 1815, Charles Lamb, letter to William Wordsworth dated 28 April, 1815, in The Letters of Charles Lamb, Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1905, Volume 4, p. 39, Excuse this maddish letter: I am too tired to write in forma.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English mad Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English maddish From mad + -ish.