maddish

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adjective

Somewhat mad.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. Somewhat mad.

    1642, Thomas Morton, The Presentment of a Schismaticke, London: R. Whitaker & S. Brown, p. 6, I have reserved for the last place a Character which maketh his case most desperate, called by Auusten maddish obstinacy […]

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    1815, Charles Lamb, letter to William Wordsworth dated 28 April, 1815, in The Letters of Charles Lamb, Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1905, Volume 4, p. 39, Excuse this maddish letter: I am too tired to write in forma.

    He is small and thin, and has glasses and large teeth and the maddish smile of genuine intellectual passion.

    1964, Christopher Isherwood, A Single Man, London: Vintage, published 2010

Origin

From mad + -ish.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with maddish

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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