Meaning of Madcap | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who acts in a capricious, impulsive, or reckless manner.
2. A very foolish or irresponsible person; a fool, an idiot.
   South-Asia
3. An insane person; a lunatic.
   obsolete, rare

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Examples

“Near-synonyms: mad lad, madlad”

“Come-on you mad-cap: Ile to the Ale-houſe vvith you preſently; […]”

“There vvas then in preſence, a certaine old Knight, called Sir Hugh Linne, a good ſouldier, but a very mad-cap, & one that liued chiefely vpon the liberalitie of noble men; […]”

“Lord, that ſuch a Mad-Cap as I ſhould ever live to be jealous!”

“I should like to have seen that noble old madcap Peterborough in his boots (he actually had the audacity to walk about Bath in boots!), with his blue ribbon and stars, and a cabbage under each arm, and a chicken in his hand, which he had been cheapening for his dinner.”

“[R]un around as he commands. He is a madcap and we must learn to live with him. We are in his hands.”

“VVhy vvhat a mad-cap hath heauen lent vs here?”

“Bel[lamont]. […] [W]hat place is this? / May[bery]. Bedlam iſt not? / Bel. VVhere theſe mad-men are, I neuer vvas amongſt them, as you loue me Gentlemen, lets ſee vvhat Greekes are vvithin. / […] / Bell. Pray beſtovv your name ſir vpon vs. / Full. My name is Full-moone. / Bell. You vvell deſerue this office good maiſter Full-moone: and vvhat mad-caps haue you in your houſe.”

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