Madcap

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

Equivalents

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Българскилудетина

Češtinatřeštidlo

Suomihuimapää

Polskiświszczypała

Українськабезумець

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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