maddishadj.
/ˈmadɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈmædɪʃ/ Now rare and archaic.
(a) Having the manner or ideas of a madman; like a madman in behaviour; appropriate to or befitting a madman. (b) Somewhat mad.
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brainsick1571
maddish1573
lunatic1608
madly1816
nuttish1923
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maddish1573
skyred1581
cracked1610
conundrumed1629
touchy-headed1666
touched1672
half-witted1712
maddy1719
Fifish1821
cracky1850
not all there1864
mattoid1891
tetched1930
as daft (mad, etc.) as a brush1932
1573 T. Tusser tr. St. Bernard in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 24 What with voluptuousnes, and other maddish toyes.
c1638 Earl of Strafford in R. Browning Life (1892) 208 ‘Hypochondriack humours’..is to be civilly and silently maddish.
1642 Bp. T. Morton Presentm. Schismaticke 6 I have reserved for the last place a Character..called by Austen maddish obstinacy.
1655 M. Casaubon Treat. Enthvsiasme iii. 83 Some..became (in a degree) maddish of the stage, and were perpetually acting some part of a Tragedy.
1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid II. 140 Do you know I am a little Maddish?
1778 G. L. Way Learning at Loss II. 161 A maddish looking Gentleman.
1815 C. Lamb Let. 28 Apr. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1978) III. 149 Excuse this maddish letter.
1829 W. Scott Jrnl. 20 Apr. (1946) 56 [The] wit..of Lord Erskine was moody and maddish.
1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xii. 227 He is given to laziness: loveth best his curious great splendours, his women,..and other maddish toys.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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