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▪ I. † ˈmadhead1 Obs. [See -head.] Madness.
c1375Cursor M. 22865 (Fairf.) Þat to wene is bot madhede [older texts sothede]. a1450Myrc 1657 Lest þow do oȝt on madhede. ▪ II. † ˈmadhead2 Obs. exc. dial. [f. mad a. + head n.1] A mad person. Also appos. or attrib.
1600Breton Pasquils Fooles-cap (Grosart) 22/1 Such Madhead fellowes are but Fooles indeede. 1602― Merry Wonders To Rdr., Hoping that some mad-head in the world might have as much leysure to read as I haue had [to] write. 1959New Statesman 26 Dec. 904/3 He'd quietened down now though, and butter wouldn't melt in his mouth, he said..after all his stories about him being a madhead. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. ix. 170 Red heads attract a barrage of nicknames..glow-worm, mad head [etc.]. |