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单词 mad-headed
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mad-headedadj.

Brit. /madˈhɛdᵻd/, U.S. /ˈmædˈˌhɛdəd/
Forms: 1500s mad-hedded, 1500s mad-heded, 1500s– mad-headed.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mad adj., headed adj.
Etymology: < mad adj. + headed adj.
Now rare.
Insane; impetuous.
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a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Eiv For well I knewe it was some madheded chylde That inuented this name.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. iv. 75 Out you madhedded ape. View more context for this quotation
1599 N. Breton Wil of Wit (1876) 56 For a few mad-headed wenches, they seek to bring..almost all women in contempt.
1685 E. Pococke Comm. Hosea iv. 222/1 A..mad-headed, unruly heifer, that..runs wantonly madding about.
1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 20 Nor does it become a young mad-headed enthusiast to judge.
1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend (new ed.) II. 250 The inflammatory harangues of some mad-headed enthusiast.
1897 G. A. Henty On Irrawaddy 37 It seems to me a mad-headed thing to begin at the present time.
1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. IV. 2628/1 We..speak of a very foolish, impetuous, or venturesome person as mad-headed.
2001 www.rugbyheaven.com.au 14 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) Auckland started this habit away back in the mid-80s but never with the mad-headed ferocity now being used against players nowhere near the centre of the action.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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