Mad

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1. Noun

A slattern.

2. Noun

The name of a female fairy, esp. the queen of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy.

3. Unclassified

p. p. of Made.

4. Adjective form

Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.

5. Adjective form

Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform.

6. Adjective form

Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.

7. Adjective form

Extravagant; immoderate.

8. Adjective form

Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.

9. Adjective form

Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.

10. Adjective form

Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.

11. Verb

To make mad or furious; to madden.

12. Verb

To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding.

13. Noun

An earthworm.
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