mad 
'foolish, mad,' and 'maimed' being appar. differ- 
ent developments ot ;in MiUtr MOM 'ehuiged,' 
'altered,' appearing in (loth, in the simple 
form), the form 1/1 until being < 1/1-, 11 generaliz- 
ing prefix, + mini, mud, found but once (in 
mini mm/,' mad mood,' taken by Greina8 a com- 
pound iioini. 1 madness'), = Goth. "miiiilx, f mine I 
in coni[). us above, aud in the derived verb iituiil- 
>iH,change,alter,cornipt,iHm/>/>/ii, change, ex- 
ch.-inge, alter, transfigure, > inmoidems, change, 
exchange.] 1. Disordered in intellect; dement- 
ed; crazy; insane: said of persons. 
Their mutters, not a little screened, gaue out a rumour 
that Mahomet was madde, and posseessed of a Diuell. 
I'urcha, Pilgrimage, p. 244. 
I should be glad 
If all this tide of grief would make me mad. 
beau, and Ft., Maid's Tragedy, Ui. 1. 
2. Furious from disease or other cause; en- 
raged; rabid: said of animals: as, amor/dog; 
a mud bull. 
The dog, to gain his private ends, 
Went mad, and hit the man. 
tldldxmitli, Death of a Mad Dog. 
Water from which a mad dog may have drank must ... 
be considered dangerous for at least twenty-four hours. 
Qtiain, Med. Diet, p. 1319. 
3. Under the influence of some uncontrollable 
emotion, (o) Very angry ; enraged; furious. [Now chief- 
ly colloq.) 
And being exceedingly mml against them, I persecuted 
them even unto strange cities. Acts xxvi. 11. 
The King la mud at her entertaining Jermin, and she is 
mad at Jermin's going to marry from her: so they are all 
mod ; and thus the kingdom is governed ! 
Pemjt, Diary, III. 209. 
(6) Wildly or recklessly frolicsome : said of persons or of 
their acts. 
How now, ?mtdwag! Shak., 1 Hen. IV., L 2. 50. 
Two children in two neighbour villages 
Playing mad prauka along the heathy leas. 
Tennyson, Circumstance. 
(e) Excited with immoderate curiosity, longing, admira- 
tion, or devotion; infatuated. 
He loved her ; for indeed he was mad for her, and talked 
of Satan and of Limbo and of Furies. 
Shot., All's Well, v. S. 260. 
His other sister is as mad in Methodism as this in physic. 
Walpole, Letters, II. 20. 
O mod for the charge and the battle were we. 
Tennyson, Charge of the Heavy Brigade. 
4. Proceeding from or indicating frenzy : 
prompted by infatuation or fury. 
It were a mad law that would subject reason to superi- 
orltie of place. Hilton, Elkonoklastes, xi. 
Fierce wants he sent, 
And mad disquietudes. 
Shelley, Prometheus Unbound, ii. 4. 
Like mad, as if mad or crazy ; in a reckless manner. 
A bear, enraged at the stinging of a bee, ran like mad 
into the bee-garden, and overturned all the hives. 
Sir R. L'Eitrange. 
Thence by coach, with a mad coachman, that drove like 
mad, and down byeways, through Bucklersbury home 
everybody through the street cursing him, being ready to 
run over them. Pepy, Diary, II. 6. 
Mad as a hatter. See hatteri . Mad as a March hare. 
See Aarei. Mad Parliament, a great council held at 
Oxford in 1258 in order to accommodate the differences 
which had arisen between the barons and the king, owing 
to the persistent evasion by the king of the obligations im- 
posed on the sovereign by Mngna Charta. It enacted the 
Provisions of Oxford, requiring the faithful observance by 
the king of the Oreat Charter, and providing for the as- 
sembling of Parliament three times a year, and regular 
control over the chief justiciar, chancellor, and other high 
officers. To go or run mad, to become violently distract- 
ed or demented. =SyH. 1. Deranged, delirious, frenzied, 
raging. 3 (a). Exasperated. 
mad 1 (mad), n. f< mad, .] Madness; intoxi- 
cation. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
mad' t (mad), v.; pret. and pp. madded, ppr. minl- 
tlini/. [< ME. madden (pret. madded), \ AS. ge- 
iiiirilini (pp. (jemieded, also reduced to gemced), 
make foolish or mad, < acmted.gemad, foolish, 
mad: see mad 1 , .] I. trans. To make mad or 
furious; distract; enrage; madden. 
You'd mad the patient'st body in the world. 
/;. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, iv..l. 
I took my Lady Pen home, and her daughter Pegg; and, 
after dinner, I made my wife show them her pictures, 
which did mod Pegg Pen, who learns of the s:uue man. 
Pepys, Diary, II. 3X). 
II. i lit rang. 1. To be mad; go mad. 
Wel nygh for the fere he shulde madde. 
Chaucer, Complaint of Mars, 1. 253. 
" Alas! " qnath the fruir, "almost y madde in mynde. 
To sen houg this Minoures many men begyleth. " 
Piers Plowman's Crude (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 280. 
2. To rage ; fight madly. 
But for none hate he to the Grekes hadde ; 
Ne also for the rescous of the town, 
Ne made him thus in armes for to madde. 
Chaucer, Troilus, i. 479. 
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mad-, made- (mad, mad), . [< MK. MII tin, < 
AS. iiiiillni, mil/ha, a worm, maggot, =< IS. muilm 
= D.MI-I}. matte = OHU. /<'". Ml 1C. <!. madr, 
a maggot, = <ioth. motto, ft worm; pcrhaps.with 
t'onn.-itive -tlni, -tlui, from the root of mnii-m,. 
mow ('cut, gnaw'): see mow 1 . Cf. math, from 
the same verb. Hence ult. maddock and (/' . 
Cf. ninth.] A maggot or grub. 
mad^t. An obsolete form of ma<le~, past par- 
ticiple of make 1 . I'liiunvr. 
Madagascar! (mad-a-gas'kan), . and . [< 
M<idiuj<ixr(ar) + -MW'.'J" I. ii. Of or pertaining 
to Madagascar, a large island lying to the east 
of and near to the continent of Africa. Com- 
pare Malagasy. 
II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Mada- 
gascar. 
Madagascar falcon. 8ee/afcv>. 
Madagascarian (mad'a-gas-kii'ri-an), a. [< 
Mi/iliii/iix<'iir + -/.] Same as JtfadaytiKi-ini. 
[Rare.] 
Madagascar, the Comoros, and the widely-scattered 
Mascarene Islands constitute a fifth subregion, the most 
distinct and remarkable of all, and for this we may most 
reasonably use the name Madayascarian. 
A. Newton, Encyc. Brit., III. 758. 
Madagascar manna. Same as dulcitnl. 
madam (mad'am), n. [= D. madam (used 
ironically) = G. madam = Dan. madame = Sw. 
in, iilum = Sp. Pg. madama, < F. tnadame (orig. 
inn ilame) = It. madonna, orig. mia donna (see 
madonna), < L. mea domina, my lady: mea (> 
F. ma = It. mia), fern, of meus (ace. metim, > 
F. man = It. mio), my, < me = E. me; domina, 
lady, mistress: see dame. Cf. madame.} 1. 
My lady ; lady : originally a formal term of ad- 
dress to a lady (a woman of rank or authority, 
or the mistress of a household) ; now a conven- 
tional term of address to women of any degree, 
but chiefly to married and matronly women. 
After another word or a phrase it is colloquially contracted 
into i/ui'iiiit, mam, vulgarly inarm, mum, m'm, or 'm : as, 
yes, ma'am; no, ma'am (vulgarly yes'wt, no'm); thank you, 
ma'am. 
It Is ful fair to been yclept madame, 
And goon to vigilyes al blfore, 
Aud nave a mantel roialliche ybore. 
Chaucer, Oen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 378. 
I was the mistress o' Pitfan, 
And madam o' Kincraigie. 
Oighfs Lady (Child's Ballads, VIII. 286). 
Sly. What must I call her? 
Lord. Madam. 
Sly. Al'ce madam, or Joan madam f 
Lord. Madam, and nothing else ; so lords call ladies. 
Shale., T. of the 8., Ind., 2. 111. 
That is Madam Lucy my master's mistress's maid. 
Sheridan, Rivals, I. 1. 
Take, Madam, this poor book of song. 
Tennyson, To the Queen. 
(a) A title used to designate women under the rank of 
Lady, but moving in respectable society; prefixed to a 
surname, equivalent to Mrs. Compare mistress. 
Good people all, with one accord, 
Lament for 3fodam Blaize. 
Goldsmith, Elegy on Mrs. Mary Blaize. 
Here [in Plymouth. Massachusetts) and in some neigh- 
bouring places it has been and still (18071 is the practice to 
prettx to the name of a deceased female of some considera- 
tion, as the parson's, the deacon's, or the doctor's wife, the 
title of madam. 
E. A. Kendall, Travels, II. 44. (Pickerinfi.) 
(6) See the quotation. The use mentioned is not uncom- 
mon in all parts of the United States. 
The title of Madam Is sometimes given here [in Boston], 
and generally in ... the South, to a mother whose son 
has married, and the daughter-in-law is then called " Mrs. " 
By this means they avoid the inelegant phraseology of 
"old Mrs. A," or the Scotch "Mrs. A, senior." 
Sir C. LyeU, Second Visit, Ix. (Bartlett.) 
2. A lady; a woman of fashion or pretension 
often used with a suggestion of disparagement : 
as, a conceited madam; city madainn Miscel- 
lany madam*. See mtuceflont/. The Madam, the mis- 
tress ; the head of a household. (Vulgar, U. S.] 
madam (mad'am), v. t. [< madam. .] To ad- 
dress as madam. 
Madam me no madam. Dryden, Wild Gallant, ii. 2. 
I am reminded of my vowed obedience ; Madam'd up 
perhaps to matrimonial perfection. 
Kichardson, Clarissa Harlowe, VHJ. 803. 
madame (ma-dam' or mad'am), .; pi. 
(ma-dam'). [F.: see madam, the naturalized 
E. form.] 1. Madam; my lady: a term of ad- 
dress used like madam, but more formal or af- 
fected. Abbreviated Mine. 
In Egypt, dear madame, it is considered unwomanly 
... for a lady to show more of her face than one eye be- 
hind a veil. 0. W. Curtis, Harper's Mag., XLJV. 775. 
2. Formerly, in France, a term of address to a 
woman of rank, whether married or single. See 
iiHideiiiiiixi'llf. 1 and L'. 
madam-townt, . The chief or finest town of 
a country. 
[Hind. 
madder 
Flourishing London, the staple of wealth and madams- 
tou'iie of the realms. Is there no place so lewdu as thy 
selfey 0. Uaney, Herce's Supererogation (15K3). 
madapollamOnad-a-pol'ani i. ii. [Soeallcd from 
MiiilajMillfiui. a town in India.] A long cotton 
cloth, stouter than ordinary ealieo, ;md inter- 
mediate in quality between calico and muslin. 
mad-apple (ni:id'ii]>l), . Same as iifi/-/il 
madar, mudar (nm-dUr', mu-dar'), n. [ 
iiiiiilin: | An East Indi- 
an name of species of 
t'liliitrii/iix, ehietly < '. iji- 
MMfMVWBOM root-bark 
is the source of a drug 
highly reputed in the 
East, and whose stem- 
bark furnishes the yer- 
cum-fibcr. 
madarosis (mad-a-ro'- 
sis),H. [ML,., < Gr.'^a&l- 
puaic, a making bald, < 
fiaAapovv, make bald, < 
/lafapof, bald, flabby, 
loose, < /taSav, melt 
away, fall off, be bald ; cf. L. madere, be wet : 
see Madid,] Loss of the hair, particularly of 
the eyelashes. 
madbrain (mad'bran), n. and a. I. n. A rash 
or hot-headed person ; a harebrained person. 
Here's a madbrain o' th' first rate, whose pranks scorn 
to have precedents. Middletan, Mad World, L 
U. a. Harebrained ; hot-headed ; rash. 
The madbrainest roisterdoister in a countrey. 
Q. Harvey, Four Letters. 
I must, forsooth, be forced 
To give my hand, opposed against my heart, 
Unto a mad-brain rudeshy, full of spleen. 
Shak., T. of the S., Hi. 2. 10. 
mad-brained fmad'brand), . Same as mail- 
brain. 
Others sent messengers & tokens, which very many of 
the mad-brayned yong men accepted and beleeued for 
good sooth. Stair, The West Saxons. 
madcap (mad'kap), K. and a. [< mad 1 + cap 1 , 
taken as ' head.'] I. n. A person who acts mad- 
ly or wildly; a flighty or harebrained person; 
one who indulges in frolics. 
These are the merry Romans, the brave madcaps. 
Fletcher, Bonduca, U. 3. 
II. a. Pertaining to or resembling a madcap; 
wild: harum-scarum. 
Where is his son, 
The nimble-footed madcap prince of Wales, 
And his comrades, that daff'd the world aside, 
And bid it pass? Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iv. 1. 95. 
His mad-cap follies, 
Which still like Hydras' heads grow thicker on him. 
Fletcher, MODS. Thomas, i. 2. 
madden (mad'n), c. [< wad 1 4- -en 1 .] I. IH- 
tranx. To become mad ; act as if mad. 
They rave, recite, and madden round the land. 
Pope, Prol. to Satires, 1. 8. 
Would you not chop the bitten finger off, 
Lest your whole body should madden with the poison? 
Tennyson, Queen Mary, ill. 4. 
II. trans. To make mad; excite violently; 
enrage; craze. 
Weapon-clash, and maddening cry 
Of those who kill and those who ale. 
Scott, Kokeby, v. SI. 
madder 1 (mad'er), H. [< ME. milder, < AS. ma;- 
dere, ma-ddre = D. meede, mee = Icel. madhra, 
madder. The Ir. madar, madra, madder, is ap- 
i. Branches of Madder (Kulna ttttctarum) with Sowers am) fruits. 
a. Tile rhizome. ./, a flower ; b, the pistil ; c, two Jiffcrciit fruits. 
