Definitions for the word "mad" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A slattern.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The name of a female fairy, esp. the queen of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3.
p. p. of Made.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. superl.
Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. superl.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. superl.
Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. superl.
Extravagant; immoderate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. superl.
Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. superl.
Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. superl.
Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. t.
To make mad or furious; to madden.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v. i.
To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
An earthworm.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. adj.
(madder, maddest) 1 insane; frenzied. 2 wildly foolish. 3 (often foll. By about, on) colloq. Wildly excited or infatuated. 4 colloq. Angry. 5 (of an animal) rabid. 6 wildly light-hearted. like mad colloq. With great energy or enthusiasm. madness n. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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