different between mad vs dement
mad
English
Etymology
From Middle English mad, madde, madd, medd, from Old English ?em?dd, ?em?ded (“enraged”), past participle of ?em?dan, *m?dan (“to make insane or foolish”), from Proto-Germanic *maidijan? (“to change; damage; cripple; injure; make mad”), from Proto-Germanic *maidaz ("weak; crippled"; compare Old English gem?d (“silly, mad”), Old High German gimeit (“foolish, crazy”), literary German gemeit (“mad, insane”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (gamaiþs, “crippled”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- ("to change"; compare Old Irish máel (“bald, dull”), Old Lithuanian ap-maitinti (“to wound”), Sanskrit ????? (méthati, “he hurts, comes to blows”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mæd/
- (Southern England, Australia) IPA(key): /?mæ?d/
- Rhymes: -æd
Adjective
mad (comparative madder, superlative maddest)
- Insane; crazy, mentally deranged.
- (chiefly US; informal in UK) Angry, annoyed.
- (chiefly in the negative, informal) Used litotically to indicate satisfaction or approval.
- (Britain, informal) Bizarre; incredible.
- It's mad that I got that job back a day after being fired.
- Wildly confused or excited.
- to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred
- It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
- 1787, R. Bage, The Fair Syrian, p.314
- My brother, quiet as a cat, seems perfectly contented with the internal feelings of his felicity. The Marquis, mad as a kitten, is all in motion to express it, from tongue to heel.
- Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent.
- (colloquial, usually with for or about) Extremely enthusiastic about; crazy about; infatuated with; overcome with desire for.
- (of animals) Abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies.
- (slang, chiefly Northeastern US) Intensifier, signifies an abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much or many.
- (of a compass needle) Having impaired polarity.
Usage notes
Within Commonwealth countries other than Canada, mad typically implies the insane or crazy sense more so than the angry sense.
In the United States and Canada, the word mad far more often than not refers to anger rather than madness, but such usage is still considered informal by some speakers and labeled as such even in North American English by most UK dictionaries. This is due to an old campaign (since 1781 by amateur language pundits) to discredit the angry sense of the word that was more effective in the UK than in North America. Though not as old as the sense denoting insanity, the sense relating to anger is certainly very old (going back at least to the fourteenth century).
On the other hand, if one is described as "went mad" or having "gone mad" in North America, this denotes insanity, and not anger. Meanwhile, if one "is mad at" something or has "been mad about" something, it is understood that they are angered rather than insane. In addition, such derivatives as "madness", "madman", "madhouse" and "madly" always denote insanity, irrespective of whether one is in the Commonwealth or in North America.
Synonyms
- (insane): See also Thesaurus:insane
- (angry): See also Thesaurus:angry
- (slang: Intensifier, much): wicked, mighty, kinda, helluv, hella.
Translations
Notes
Adverb
mad (not comparable)
- (slang, New England, New York and Britain, dialect) Intensifier; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly; very; unbelievably.
- He was driving mad slow.
- It's mad hot today.
- He seems mad keen on her.
Synonyms
- (slang: Intensifier; very): hella; helluv; wicked
Verb
mad (third-person singular simple present mads, present participle madding, simple past and past participle madded)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be or become mad. [14th-19th c.]
- 1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra:
- The imperial Elizabetta gazed with surprise at the youthful and unpretending appearance of the little being that had set the world madding.
- 1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra:
- (now colloquial US) To madden, to anger, to frustrate. [from 15th c.]
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Act V Scene 5:
- This musick mads me, let it sound no more.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Act V Scene 5:
Derived terms
Anagrams
- ADM, AMD, Adm., DAM, DMA, MDA, adm., dam
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *mad, from Proto-Celtic *matis.
Adjective
mad
- good
Noun
mad
- goodness
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse matr, from Proto-Germanic *matiz, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish mat (“food”), English meat, German Mett (from Low German).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mað/, [?mað]
- Rhymes: -ad
Noun
mad c (singular definite maden, not used in plural form)
- food
Inflection
Derived terms
- babymad
Noun 2
mad c (singular definite madden, plural indefinite madder)
- a slice of bread with something on top.
Usage notes
Very compound-prone; see for example ostemad or pølsemad.
Inflection
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma??ð/, [?ma?ð]
Verb
mad
- imperative of made
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English ?em?dd, ?em?ded, the past participle of ?em?dan.
Alternative forms
- madd, medd
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mad/, /m?d/
Adjective
mad (plural and weak singular madde, comparative madder, superlative maddyst)
- Mad, insane, deranged; not of sound mind.
- Emotionally overwhelmed; consumed by mood or feelings.
- Perplexed, bewildered; surprised emotionally.
- Irate, rageful; having much anger or fury.
- Idiotic or dumb; badly thought out or conceived
- (rare) Obstinate, incautious, overenthusiastic.
- (rare) Distraught, sad, unhappy.
- (rare) Scatterbrained or absent-minded.
Derived terms
- amad
- madden
- madhede
- madli
- madnes
- madschipe
Descendants
- English: mad
- Scots: mad
References
- “m??d, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-09.
Etymology 2
Derived from the adjective.
Verb
mad
- Alternative form of madden
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma?d/, /mad/
Verb
mad
- past participle of make
Old Irish
Etymology
Univerbation of má (“if”) +? ba/bid
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mað/
Verb
mad
- if it be; if it were (third-person singular present/past subjunctive)
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10d23
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12c36
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10d23
Palauan
Etymology 1
From Pre-Palauan *maða, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.
Noun
mad
- (anatomy) eye (organ), face, facial expression
- front; area, space or time in front of
- aperture, access, entrance
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Pre-Palauan *maðe, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay, from Proto-Austronesian *(m-)aCay.
Verb
mad
- to die
Notes
References
- mad in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
- mad in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
- mad in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, ?ISBN, page 139.
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *mad, from Proto-Celtic *matis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma?d/
Adjective
mad (feminine singular mad, plural mad, equative mated, comparative matach, superlative mataf)
- good
- lucky, fortunate
- suitable
Noun
mad m (plural madioedd)
- goodness
- good person
Mutation
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- what made the us join ww1
- what made florence thrive financially
- what made dinosaurs extinct
dement
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French dément, from Latin demens.
Adjective
dement
- (obsolete) insane, demented
Noun
dement (plural dements)
- An insane person, or one afflicted with dementia
Verb
dement (third-person singular simple present dements, present participle dementing, simple past and past participle demented)
- (transitive) To drive mad; to craze
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin demens, dementis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?d?m?nt]
Noun
dement m
- moron (personal insult implying stupidity)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hlupák
Related terms
- demence
- dementní
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French dément, from Latin d?m?ns, d?mentis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??m?nt/, /de??m?nt/
- Hyphenation: de?ment
- Rhymes: -?nt
Adjective
dement (comparative dementer, superlative dementst)
- senile, demented
Inflection
Related terms
- dementeren
- dementie
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin demens, dementis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dement (comparative dementer, superlative am dementesten)
- demented
Declension
Related terms
- Demenz
Further reading
- “dement” in Duden online
Latin
Verb
d?ment
- third-person plural future active indicative of d?m?
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
dement (indefinite singular dement, definite singular and plural demente)
- demented, suffering from dementia
Related terms
- demens
References
- “dement” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “dement” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
dement (indefinite singular dement, definite singular and plural demente)
- demented, suffering from dementia
Related terms
- demens
References
- “dement” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
From French dément
Noun
dement m (plural demen?i)
- demented
Declension
Swedish
Adjective
dement (comparative dementare, superlative dementast)
- demented (suffering from dementia)
Declension
Related terms
- demens
References
- dement in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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