Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Mad (madder, maddest)
mad (madder, maddest), adj. [OE gemæd, insane.] (webplay: break, delirium).
- Strange; exotic; outlandish; primitive; adventurous; [fig.] pungent; fragrant.
- Unrealistic; quixotic; impossible; wild-eyed.
- Distracted; frenzied; crazy with jealousy.
- Wildest; worst; stormiest; most tumultuous; most furious.
- Ecstatic; rapturous; jubilant; exhilarated.
- Frantic; inflamed; delirious; frustrated.
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