madbrained

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adjective

madcap; crazy

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Meanings

adjectivemadbrained (comparative more madbrained, superlative most madbrained)

comparative more madbrained · superlative most madbrained

  1. madcap; crazy

    contumelious, beastly, mad-brained war

    c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]

Origin

From mad + brained.

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APA

madbrained. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/madbrained

MLA

“madbrained.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/madbrained. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “madbrained,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/madbrained.

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