Madness.
- Main Entry: mad
- Pronunciation: 'mad
- Function: adjective
- Inflected Form(s): mad…der; mad…dest
- Etymology: Middle English medd, madd, from Old English gem[AE]d, past
participle of (assumed) gem[AE]dan to madden, from gemAd silly, mad; akin
to Old High German gimeit foolish, crazy
- Date: before 12th century
- 1 : disordered in mind : INSANE
- 2 : (a) completely unrestrained by reason and judgment
- (b) incapable of being explained or accounted for
- 3 : carried away by intense anger : FURIOUS
- 4 : marked by intense and often chaotic activity : WILD
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