bugsadj.

Brit.

/bʌɡz/, U.S.

/bəɡz/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: bug n.²

Etymology: < the plural of bug n.², perhaps after nuts adj. or bats at bat n.¹ b. Compare slightly earlier buggy adj. 2.

slang (chiefly U.S.). In predicative use. Now somewhat dated.

1. Insane, mad, crazy; out of control. Often in to go bugs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > affected with

woodc725

woodsekc890

giddyc1000

out of (by, from, of) wit or one's witc1000

witlessc1000

brainsickOE

amadc1225

lunaticc1290

madc1330

sickc1340

brain-wooda1375

out of one's minda1387

frenetica1398

fonda1400

formada1400

unwisea1400

brainc1400

unwholec1400

alienate?a1425

brainless1434

distract of one's wits1470

madfula1475

furious1475

distract1481

fro oneself1483

beside oneself1490

beside one's patience1490

dementa1500

red-wood?1507

extraught1509

misminded1509

peevish1523

bedlam-ripe1525

straughta1529

fanatic1533

bedlama1535

daft1540

unsounda1547

stark raving (also staring) mad1548

distraughted1572

insane1575

acrazeda1577

past oneself1576

frenzy1577

poll-mad1577

out of one's senses1580

maddeda1586

frenetical1588

distempered1593

distraught1597

crazed1599

diswitted1599

idle-headed1599

lymphatical1603

extract1608

madling1608

distracteda1616

informala1616

far gone1616

crazy1617

March mada1625

non compos mentis1628

brain-crazed1632

demented1632

crack-brained1634

arreptitiousa1641

dementate1640

dementated1650

brain-crackeda1652

insaniated1652

exsensed1654

bedlam-witteda1657

lymphatic1656

mad-like1679

dementative1685

non compos1699

beside one's gravity1716

hyte1720

lymphated1727

out of one's head1733

maddened1735

swivel-eyed1758

wrong1765

brainsickly1770

fatuous1773

derangedc1790

alienated1793

shake-brained1793

crack-headed1796

flighty1802

wowf1802

doitrified1808

phrenesiac1814

bedlamite1815

mad-braineda1822

fey1823

bedlamitish1824

skire1825

beside one's wits1827

as mad as a hatter1829

crazied1842

off one's head1842

bemadded1850

loco1852

off one's nut1858

off his chump1864

unsane1867

meshuga1868

non-sane1868

loony1872

bee-headed1879

off one's onion1881

off one's base1882

(to go) off one's dot1883

locoed1885

screwy1887

off one's rocker1890

balmy or barmy on (or in) the crumpet1891

meshuggener1892

nutty1892

buggy1893

bughouse1894

off one's pannikin1894

ratty1895

off one's trolley1896

batchy1898

twisted1900

batsc1901

batty1903

dippy1903

bugs1904

dingy1904

up the (also a) pole1904

nut1906

nuts1908

nutty as a fruitcake1911

bugged1920

potty1920

cuckoo1923

nutsy1923

puggled1923

blah1924

détraqué1925

doolally1925

off one's rocket1925

puggle1925

mental1927

phooey1927

crackers1928

squirrelly1928

over the edge1929

round the bend1929

lakes1934

ding-a-ling1935

wacky1935

screwball1936

dingbats1937

Asiatic1938

parlatic1941

troppo1941

up the creek1941

screwed-up1943

bonkers1945

psychological1952

out to lunch1955

starkers1956

off (one's) squiff1960

round the twist1960

yampy1963

out of (also off) one's bird1966

out of one's skull1967

whacked out1969

batshit1971

woo-woo1971

nutso1973

out of (one's) gourd1977

wacko1977

off one's meds1986

1904 Coopers Internat. Jrnl. 13 388/2 ‘He's bugs,’ whispered Billy Jones in Herman Campfire's ear, ‘don't pay any attention to him’.

1907 D. Runyon in Reader Sept. 348/2 All I did, so help me, was just watch him, and I leave it to any one if that should make him go bugs.

1930 P. Paul in O. Penzler Black Lizard Big Bk. of Pulps (2007) 981/1 He comes outa the Big House completely bugs.

2010 H. Roth Amer. Type ix. 114 I can't take that. I'd go bugs.

2. With about, on, over, etc. Having or manifesting a passion for or obsession with someone or something; mad on, wildly excited about. Cf. bug n.² 4a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > [adjective] > extremely

mada1350

wild1811

wilda1817

crazy1826

besmitten1873

schwärmerisch1894

bugs1908

buggy1913

born-again1928

nutso1973

the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [adjective] > enthusiastic (about or for)

servile1581

enamorate1599

mad1744

bugs1908

high1933

1908 Phi Beta Pi Q. Apr. 116/2 To say that we of Tulane have gone ‘bugs’ over our January issue of the Quarterly is putting it mildly. We..feel certain that it beats anything ever put out by a fraternity.

1911 Alaska Citizen 28 Aug. 7/2 He was bugs on dancing, but he cared only to dance with ‘Corky’.

1928 J. Callahan Man's Grim Justice xii. 141 I told him how I felt toward Winnie. ‘I'm bugs about her,’ I told him.

1968 E. B. White Let. 20 Sept. (1976) 566 One thing Elledge is bugs on is chronology.

2000 S. Cameron Glass Houses x. 129 Those flowers the English went bugs over.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bugs
释义	bugsadj. Brit. /bʌɡz/, U.S. /bəɡz/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: bug n.² Etymology: < the plural of bug n.², perhaps after nuts adj. or bats at bat n.¹ b. Compare slightly earlier buggy adj. 2. slang (chiefly U.S.). In predicative use. Now somewhat dated. 1. Insane, mad, crazy; out of control. Often in to go bugs. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > affected with woodc725 woodsekc890 giddyc1000 out of (by, from, of) wit or one's witc1000 witlessc1000 brainsickOE amadc1225 lunaticc1290 madc1330 sickc1340 brain-wooda1375 out of one's minda1387 frenetica1398 fonda1400 formada1400 unwisea1400 brainc1400 unwholec1400 alienate?a1425 brainless1434 distract of one's wits1470 madfula1475 furious1475 distract1481 fro oneself1483 beside oneself1490 beside one's patience1490 dementa1500 red-wood?1507 extraught1509 misminded1509 peevish1523 bedlam-ripe1525 straughta1529 fanatic1533 bedlama1535 daft1540 unsounda1547 stark raving (also staring) mad1548 distraughted1572 insane1575 acrazeda1577 past oneself1576 frenzy1577 poll-mad1577 out of one's senses1580 maddeda1586 frenetical1588 distempered1593 distraught1597 crazed1599 diswitted1599 idle-headed1599 lymphatical1603 extract1608 madling1608 distracteda1616 informala1616 far gone1616 crazy1617 March mada1625 non compos mentis1628 brain-crazed1632 demented1632 crack-brained1634 arreptitiousa1641 dementate1640 dementated1650 brain-crackeda1652 insaniated1652 exsensed1654 bedlam-witteda1657 lymphatic1656 mad-like1679 dementative1685 non compos1699 beside one's gravity1716 hyte1720 lymphated1727 out of one's head1733 maddened1735 swivel-eyed1758 wrong1765 brainsickly1770 fatuous1773 derangedc1790 alienated1793 shake-brained1793 crack-headed1796 flighty1802 wowf1802 doitrified1808 phrenesiac1814 bedlamite1815 mad-braineda1822 fey1823 bedlamitish1824 skire1825 beside one's wits1827 as mad as a hatter1829 crazied1842 off one's head1842 bemadded1850 loco1852 off one's nut1858 off his chump1864 unsane1867 meshuga1868 non-sane1868 loony1872 bee-headed1879 off one's onion1881 off one's base1882 (to go) off one's dot1883 locoed1885 screwy1887 off one's rocker1890 balmy or barmy on (or in) the crumpet1891 meshuggener1892 nutty1892 buggy1893 bughouse1894 off one's pannikin1894 ratty1895 off one's trolley1896 batchy1898 twisted1900 batsc1901 batty1903 dippy1903 bugs1904 dingy1904 up the (also a) pole1904 nut1906 nuts1908 nutty as a fruitcake1911 bugged1920 potty1920 cuckoo1923 nutsy1923 puggled1923 blah1924 détraqué1925 doolally1925 off one's rocket1925 puggle1925 mental1927 phooey1927 crackers1928 squirrelly1928 over the edge1929 round the bend1929 lakes1934 ding-a-ling1935 wacky1935 screwball1936 dingbats1937 Asiatic1938 parlatic1941 troppo1941 up the creek1941 screwed-up1943 bonkers1945 psychological1952 out to lunch1955 starkers1956 off (one's) squiff1960 round the twist1960 yampy1963 out of (also off) one's bird1966 out of one's skull1967 whacked out1969 batshit1971 woo-woo1971 nutso1973 out of (one's) gourd1977 wacko1977 off one's meds1986 1904 Coopers Internat. Jrnl. 13 388/2 ‘He's bugs,’ whispered Billy Jones in Herman Campfire's ear, ‘don't pay any attention to him’. 1907 D. Runyon in Reader Sept. 348/2 All I did, so help me, was just watch him, and I leave it to any one if that should make him go bugs. 1930 P. Paul in O. Penzler Black Lizard Big Bk. of Pulps (2007) 981/1 He comes outa the Big House completely bugs. 2010 H. Roth Amer. Type ix. 114 I can't take that. I'd go bugs. 2. With about, on, over, etc. Having or manifesting a passion for or obsession with someone or something; mad on, wildly excited about. Cf. bug n.² 4a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > [adjective] > extremely mada1350 wild1811 wilda1817 crazy1826 besmitten1873 schwärmerisch1894 bugs1908 buggy1913 born-again1928 nutso1973 the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [adjective] > enthusiastic (about or for) servile1581 enamorate1599 mad1744 bugs1908 high1933 1908 Phi Beta Pi Q. Apr. 116/2 To say that we of Tulane have gone ‘bugs’ over our January issue of the Quarterly is putting it mildly. We..feel certain that it beats anything ever put out by a fraternity. 1911 Alaska Citizen 28 Aug. 7/2 He was bugs on dancing, but he cared only to dance with ‘Corky’. 1928 J. Callahan Man's Grim Justice xii. 141 I told him how I felt toward Winnie. ‘I'm bugs about her,’ I told him. 1968 E. B. White Let. 20 Sept. (1976) 566 One thing Elledge is bugs on is chronology. 2000 S. Cameron Glass Houses x. 129 Those flowers the English went bugs over. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1904
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