mad : Idioms & Phrases

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As mad as a March Hare

  • an old English Saying derived from the fact that March is the rutting time of hares, when they are excitable and violent.
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Field madder

  • an annual European weed (Sherardia arvensis) resembling madder.
  • (Bot.), a plant (Sherardia arvensis) used in dyeing.
Webster 1913

horn-mad

Horn"-mad` adjective
Definitions
  1. Quite mad; -- raving crazy.
    Did I tell you about Mr. Garrick, that the town are horn-mad after? Gray.
Webster 1913

Indian madder

  • noun perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient
    Rubia cordifolia; munjeet.
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  • the East Indian Rubia cordifolia, used in the East for dyeing; called also munjeet.
Webster 1913

Like mad

  • adverb with great speed or effort or intensity
    like sin; like the devil; like crazy; like thunder; like hell.
    • drove like crazy
    • worked like hell to get the job done
    • ran like sin for the storm cellar
    • work like thunder
    • fought like the devil
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  • like a mad person; in a furious manner; as, to run like mad. L'Estrange.
Webster 1913

mad anthony wayne

  • noun American general during the American Revolution (1745-1796)
    Anthony Wayne; Wayne.
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mad apple

  • noun hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
    aubergine; eggplant; eggplant bush; Solanum melongena; brinjal; garden egg.
  • noun egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
    aubergine; eggplant.
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mad cow disease

  • noun a fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system; causes staggering and agitation
    bovine spongiform encephalitis; BSE.
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mad-apple

Mad"-ap`ple noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) See Eggplant.
Webster 1913

mad-dog skullcap

  • noun an American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodic
    blue skullcap; mad-dog skullcap; Scutellaria lateriflora; blue pimpernel.
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mad-dog weed

  • noun an American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodic
    blue skullcap; mad-dog skullcap; Scutellaria lateriflora; blue pimpernel.
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mad-headed

Mad"-head`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Wild; crack-brained.
Webster 1913

madder family

  • noun widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry
    family Rubiaceae; Rubiaceae.
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march-mad

March"-mad` adjective
Definitions
  1. Extremely rash; foolhardy. See under March, the month. Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1913

raving mad

  • adjective satellite talking or behaving irrationally
    wild.
    • a raving lunatic
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Rose lake, Rose madder

  • a rich tint prepared from lac and madder precipitated on an earthy basis. Fairholt.
Webster 1913

To run mad

  • . (a) To become wild with excitement . (b) To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia.
Webster 1913

To run mad, To run mad after ∨ on

  • . See under Mad.
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To run mad after

  • to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. "The world is running mad after farce." Dryden.
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white madder

  • noun Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America
    Galium mollugo; white madder; false baby's breath; white bedstraw; infant's-breath.
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Wild madder

  • noun Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America
    Galium mollugo; white madder; false baby's breath; white bedstraw; infant's-breath.
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  • Rubia peregrina of Europe; also the Galium Mollugo, a kind of bedstraw.
Webster 1913