figurative. A whim or ‘maggot’ in the brain; a perverse fancy or desire; a streak of madness or insanity. Often wild worm (cf. sense 2). Obsolete…
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > crankiness or eccentricity > idea (8) worm?a1534 figurative. A whim or ‘maggot’ in the brain; a perverse fancy or desire; a streak of madness or insanity. Often wild worm (cf. sense 2). Obsolete… frenzy1632 A crazy notion or wild idea; also, a craze or mania (for something). twist1811 figurative. An inclination or attitude regarded as eccentric or perverted; esp. a peculiar mental turn or bent; an intellectual or moral bias or… fad1834 A crotchety rule of action; a peculiar notion as to the right way of doing something; a pet project, esp. of social or political reform, to which… fantod1839 A crotchety way of acting; a fad. crank1848 An eccentric notion or action; a mental twist put into practice; a crotchet, whim, caprice. marotte1852 A pet notion, a craze. faddity1892 = fad, n.2 1. |
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