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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
mad From the web:
- what made maddy run
- what made the league of nations ineffective
- what made gatsby great
- what made the grand canyon
- what made miller an unlikely hero
- what made the us join ww1
- what made florence thrive financially
- what made dinosaurs extinct
nad
English
Etymology 1
Noun
nad
- (linguistics) noun animate dependent
See also
Etymology 2
Douglas Harper suggests an abbreviation of gonad originating among biology students.
Pronunciation
Noun
nad (plural nads)
- (slang, mostly plural) testicle
- 2004, Bob Gunn, Sex, Ghosts and Gumshoes (page 119)
- I look down and the little one has already cut right through my ball sac and is in the process of slicing my left nad free.
- 2004, Bob Gunn, Sex, Ghosts and Gumshoes (page 119)
Anagrams
- -and, -dan, ADN, AND, DAN, DNA, Dan, Dan., NDA, and, and-, dan, dna
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?nat]
- Rhymes: -at
Preposition
nad + instrumental
- over, above
- Antonym: pod
Further reading
- nad in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- nad in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Anagrams
- And, dan, Dan, dna, DNA
Kashubian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *nad?.
Preposition
nad
- over
- above
Old Irish
Particle
nad
- Alternative spelling of nád
Polish
Alternative forms
- nade
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *nad?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?neh? + *d?h?-o-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nat/
Preposition
nad
- (+ instrumental) above, over (denotes location)
- (+ accusative) above, over (denotes movement)
Further reading
- nad in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- nad in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Univerbation of an (“in”) +? do (“thy”)
Preposition
nad (+ dative, triggers lenition)
- in thy; in your (singular)
Inflection
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *nad?. Compare na (“on, onto”), nad-, nat-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nâd/
Preposition
n?d (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (+ instrumental case) over, above (with no change of position, answering the question gdj?/gd?)
- Synonym: ?znad
- Antonym: p?d
- (+ accusative case) over, above (usually with change of position, answering the question kùda)
- Synonym: ?znad
- Antonym: p?d
References
- “nad” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *nad?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nat/
Preposition
nad
- (with instrumental) over, above (stationary)
- (with accusative) over, above (motion towards)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nad/
Conjunction
nad
- (formal) that … not (introduces a negative noun clause, marking it for emphasis)
- that … not (introduces a negative noun clause, used before a vowel)
See also
- mai (affirmative, emphasis)
- taw (affirmative, emphasis)
- na (negative, unmarked, used before a consonant)
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “nad”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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