madcap
1580s, mad + cap, with cap figuratively used for "head" here. Original literal sense "lunatic, crazy person", now used figuratively. Adjective
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1580s, mad + cap, with cap figuratively used for "head" here. Original literal sense "lunatic, crazy person", now used figuratively. Adjective
madcap
- impulsive, hasty or reckless; capricious.
- The film featured a madcap car chase that went right through a crowded café.
madcap (plural madcaps)
- An impulsive, hasty, capricious person.
- (obsolete) An insane person, a lunatic.
- 1590s, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, Act 1, Scene 1:
- Why, what a madcap hath heaven lent us here!
- 1590s, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, Act 1, Scene 1:
- Russian: сумасбро́д
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