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madcap(dictionary)

paren (iou) and madcap (iou)


paren (iou)



paren noun. E20.
[Abbreviation of PARENTHESIS.]
Chiefly Typography. A round bracket. Usu. in pl.

madcap (iou)



madcap noun & adjective. ['madkap] L16.
[from MAD adjective + CAP noun1.]
A. noun.
A madman; a maniac. rare. L16-E17.
A person who acts like a maniac; a reckless, wildly impulsive person. Now also, a lively and impulsive young woman. L16.
Mabel Collins On the boards she was the merriest, gayest, madcap in the world.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Mad, crazy; reckless, wildly impulsive. L16.
R. Deacon A madcap project in Kenya for creating a disease in the sacred baobab trees.
madcapery noun the behaviour of a madcap; lively or reckless conduct: E20.