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Mad
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A slattern.
(2):
(superl.) Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform.
(3):
(superl.) Having impaired polarity; - applied to a compass needle.
(4):
p. p. of Made.
(5):
(superl.) Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.
(6):
(n.) The name of a female fairy, esp. the queen of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy.
(7):
(superl.) Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.
(8):
(superl.) Extravagant; immoderate.
(9):
(superl.) Furious with rage, terror, or disease; - said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.
(10):
(superl.) Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.
(11):
(v. t.) To make mad or furious; to madden.
(12):
(v. i.) To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding.
(13):
(n.) An earthworm.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mad'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/m/mad.html. 1828.
