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madcap

[ mad-kap ]

adjective

  1. wildly or heedlessly impulsive; reckless; rash:

    a madcap scheme.



noun

  1. a madcap person.

madcap

/ ˈæˌæ /

adjective

  1. impulsive, reckless, or lively
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an impulsive, reckless, or lively person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of madcap1

First recorded in 1580–90; mad + cap 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of madcap1

C16: from mad + cap (in the figurative sense: head)
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Example Sentences

When Kidman gets to play with Nancy and press into her idiosyncrasies like she’s done in other madcap roles, “Holland” briefly comes alive.

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The first adjective was justified by the conditions in a madcap, crash-strewn, incident-packed race where one small error can spell disaster - as it very nearly did for Norris himself at one point.

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It began with a madcap 27-26 home defeat against Scotland - the Scots' first win in Cardiff since 2002 - and they did not recover.

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Raye says Overcooked - a madcap cooking simulator - is a current favourite.

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If you belong to a certain generation, you might even call the movie “madcap.”

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