• MAD
adj. 1. 1836 – of storm, wind: wild, violent
adj. 2. M19 US & W. Indies sl. – sufficiently aroused to do something drastic
adj. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – excited by liquor
adj. 4. 1940s sl. – absurd
adj. 5. 1941 sl. – exciting, good, excellent
adj. 6. 1949 US sl. – in homosexual usage: unrestrained and ostentatious
adj. 7. 1972 US – an intensifer
adj. 8. 1991 Amer. sl., esp. African-American – many, much, plenty of
adv. a1972 Amer. sl., esp. African-American – very, extremely
n. 1. 1586 obs. exc. Eng, dial. – an earthworm
n. 2. 1847-89 Eng. dial. & US sl. – fury, anger
vb. 1. L16 UK, US & W. Indies sl. – to exasperate, to drive mad, as with jealousy, worry, etc.
vb. 2. 1815 Amer. dial. – to anger
• MAD ABOUT
adj. 1744 UK – enthusiastic about; fond of; having a strong liking for; sexually infatuated
• MAD AFTER
vb. 1594 obs. – to become infatuated
• MADAGASS
n. 1873 – a light-complexioned Black person of Jamaica, esp. one whose hair is less woolly than common
• MADAM
n. 1. 1297 – a respectful or polite address originally used by servants in speaking to their mistress, and by people generally in speaking to a lady of high rank; later used in addressing a woman of whatever rank or position
n. 2. 1598 – an affected fine lady
n. 3. 1719 obs. – a kept mistress; a courtesan, a prostitute
n. 4. a1779 – a mistress of servants, the lady of the house, a fine lady
n. 5. E18 sl. – a bawd; the proprietor of a male or female brothel
n. 6. E18 Brit. – a wench; a hussy
n. 7. 1802 sl. – a disrespectful young woman or girl; an impudent (young) woman
n. 8. 1802 Eng. dial. – a term of contempt for a woman
n. 9. 1863 Amer. dial. – one’s wife
n. 10. M19 sl. – a handkerchief
n. 11. 1927 sl. – insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery
n. 12. 1970s US homosexual sl. – an older homosexual man
n. 13. 1988 US sl. – in a deck of playing cards: a queen
vb. 1. 1930s sl. – to tell the tale; to ‘pitch a line’
vb. 2. 1938 rhyming sl. for ‘spruce’ (Madam De Luce) – to deceive
• MADAM DE LUCE
vb. 1938 rhyming sl. for ‘spruce’ – to deceive
• MADAME
n. 1. 1599 obs. – a French married woman; a Frenchman’s wife
n. 2. E18 sl. – a bawd; the proprietor of a male or female brothel
n. 3. 1863 Amer. dial. – the mistress of a household; one’s wife
n. 4. 1979 US sl. – an older homosexual man
n. 5. 1982 US sl. – the victim of an extortion scheme
• MADAME BISHOP
n. M19 Aust. sl. – a mixed drink consisting of port, sugar, and nutmeg
• MADAME DE LUCE
n. 20C rhyming sl. for ‘spruce’ – deceptive talk
• MADAME THOMASINA
n. 1960s sl., orig. African-American – a subservient, obsequioAfrican-American woman
• MADAME TUSSAUD
adj. 1990s rhyming sl. – bald
• MADAMISH
adj. 1881 nonce word – like a ‘fine lady’
• MADAMOIZOOK
n. World War I US usage – a sexually loose French girl
• MADAM RAN
n. 17C cant – a prostitute
• MADAM VAN
n. 17C cant – a prostitute
• MADANCHOLY
adj. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – melancholy
adj. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – very vexed; sulky
• MAD ANGRY
adj. 1880 Ireland – infuriated
• MAD-APPLE
n. 1597 – the fruit of the eggplant
• MAD AS A BEAR WITH A SORE LUG
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS A BEETLE
adj. M19 sl. – completely deranged or utterly furious
• MAD AS A BRUSH
adj. 1945 UK sl. – crazy, stupid
• MAD AS A BUCK
adj. 1590 – very angry
• MAD AS A CHINAMAN
adj. M19 sl. – completely deranged or utterly furious
• MAD AS A CUT SNAKE
adj. 1910s Aust. & US sl. – completely deranged; utterly furious
• MAD AS A DINGBAT
adj. M19 sl. – completely deranged or utterly furious or mad, very angry
• MAD AS A DOG
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – violently angry
• MAD AS A GOANNA
adj. M19 sl. – completely deranged or utterly furious
• MAD AS A GUM-TREE FULL OF GALAHS
adj. 1940s Aust. sl. – insane, eccentric
• MAD AS A HARE
adj. 1. L14 – very crazy, eccentric, mad
adj. 2. 18C sl. – lustful
adj. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS A HATTER
adj. M19 sl. – very mad, utterly insane; in a rage
• MAD AS A HEDGE
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS A HORNET
adj. M19 sl. – completely deranged or utterly furious
• MAD AS A MAGGOT
adj. 20C NZ sl. – very crazy, extremely eccentric; hence, egregiously foolish
• MAD AS A MARCH HARE
adj. 1. 16C – very crazy, eccentric, mad
adj. 2, 18C sl. – lustful
adj. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS A MEAT AXE
adj. 1. 1920s Aust. & NZ sl. – completely insane; dangerously crazy
adj. 2. 1920s Aust. & NZ sl. – very angry
• MAD AS AN OLD WET HEN
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS A PIPER
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS A POWN HAND
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS A RED HEN
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS A SCOFF
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – excessively angry
• MAD AS A SETTING HEN
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS A TUCKER
adj. M19 sl. – completely deranged or utterly furious
• MAD AS A TUP
adj. 1901 Eng. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS A TUP IN A HALTER
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – said of a person in impotent rage
• MAD AS A WASP
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS A WEAVER
adj. 1. 1609 – very angry
adj. 2. 17C sl. – very crazy
• MAD AS A WET HEN
adj. 1821 Amer. dial. – very angry or vexed
• MAD AS A WET HEN WITH HER TAIL PULLED OUT
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS A WET SETTING HEN
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS BLAZES
adj. 1941 Amer. dial. – mad as hell
• MAD AS BLUE BLAZES
adj. 1941 Amer. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS FUCK
adj. 1990s sl. – extremely annoyed
• MAD AS HOPS
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS MAY-BUTTER
adj. 1626 – exceedingly eccentric; mad; excited
• MAD AS MUD
adj. c1925 Brit. sl. – exceedingly angry
• MAD AS OLD SCRATCH
adj. 1941 Amer. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS SNAKES
adj. 1941 Amer. dial. – completely deranged; utterly furious
• MAD AS THE OLD HARRY
adj. 1941 Amer. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS THE OLD NICK
adj. 1909 Amer. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS TOPHET
adj. 1941 Amer. dial. – ‘mad as hell’, very mad
• MAD AS WHEELBARROWS
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – very angry
• MAD AS WHIZZ
adj. 1960 Amer. dial. – very mad or angry
• MADBALL
adj. 1967 Amer. sl. – crazy
n. 1948 Amer. carnival usage – a crystal ball used by a fortune-teller
• MADBRAIN
adj. 1592 obs. – mad-brained; hot-headed, uncontrolled
n. c1570 obs. – a mad-brained person; a scatterbrain; a hot-headed person
• MAD-BRAINED
adj. 1577 – hot-headed, uncontrolled
• MAD-BRED
adj. Bk1910 rare – bred by madness in the brain
• MADCAP
adj. 1588 – mad, crackbrained, reckless, wildly impulsive
n. 1. 1589 obs. rare – in early use, a madman, a maniac
n. 2. 1591 – a reckless, wildly impulsive person; also applied playfully to young women of lively and impulsive temperament
• MADCHESTER
n. 1980s sl. – Manchester, England
• MADDED
adj. c1580 rare or obs. – mad, foolish; deprived of reason or intelligence; excited to fury, enraged, angry
• MADDERAM
n. 1866 Sc. – madness, folly, frantic rage, tantrums; boisterous fun, wild pranks, hilarity
• MADDERDOM
n. 1866 Sc. – madness, folly, frantic rage, tantrums; boisterous fun, wild pranks, hilarity
• MADDER THAN A BULL WITH ITS BALLS IN A WRINGER
adj. 1955 US sl. – entirely angry
• MADDER THAN A HATTER
adj. 1901 Amer. dial. – very angry
• MADDER THAN A HEN
adj. 1901 Amer. dial. – very angry
• MADDER THAN A SETTING HEN
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – very angry
• MADDER THAN A WET HEN
adj. 1909 Amer. dial. – very angry
• MADDER THAN A WET OWL
adj. 1910s sl. – very angry
• MADDER THAN A WOODHEAP
adj. 1910s sl. – very angry
• MADDER THAN NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS
adj. 1910s sl. – very angry
• MADDER THAN OLD RIP
adj. 1900s sl. – extremely angry
• MADDER THAN SEVEN BOILED OWLS
adj. 1910s sl. – very angry
• MADDER THAN SNAKES IN HAYIN’
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – very angry
• MADDER THAN THE OLD RIP
adj. 1932 Amer. dial. – very angry
• MADDER THAN THUNDER
adj. 1910s sl. – very angry
• MADDIE
n. 1. 1903 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs. – a mad person, a lunatic
n. 2. 1980s S. Afr. sl. – the White mistress of a house; the employer of domestic servants
• MADDIKIN
n. 19C Brit. sl. – the female genitals
• MADDING
adj. 1579 now poetical or rhetorical usage – becoming mad; acting madly; frenzied
• MADDLE
vb. 2. c1540 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to perplex; to muddle
vb. 3. c1540 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to ramble, to talk incoherently, to wander in speech
vb. 4. c1540 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to rave, to be delirious
vb. 5. 1579 now poetical or rhetorical usage – to become confused or bewildered; to forget
• MADDLE AFTER
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to be fond of, to dote, to be madly in love with
• MADDLE ALONG
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to stagger; to move aimlessly about, to potter
• MADDLE-BRAIN
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – strong drink
• MADDLIN
n. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a bad memory
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a flighty, extravagant person
n. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a fool, simpleton, blockhead
• MADDLING
adj. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – foolish, silly, flighty; confused
adj. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – perplexing
n. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a flighty, extravagant person
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a fool, simpleton, blockhead
• MADDO
n. 1910s Aust. sl. – a lunatic
• MADDOCK
n. 1. a1240 obs. – a maggot
n. 2. c1400 obs. – an earthworm
n. 3. 1790 N. Eng. dial. – a whim
• MAD-DOCTOR
n. 1703 – a physician who treats mental diseases
• MAD-DOG
adj. 1940s African-American sl. – violent, thuggish
(nouns as ‘mad dog’)
n. 1. 1577 obs. – strong and heady ale
n. 2. L19 Aust. sl. – an unsettled debt that the debtor refuses to pay, esp. at a public house
n. 3. 1940s US sl. – a violent thug
n. 4. 1974 Amer. sl. – Mogen David, trademark name of a brand of inexpensive red wine
n. 5. 1970s African-American sl. – a rebel, a non-conformist, one who refuses to accept their role in society
n. 6. 1970s drug culture sl. – phencyclidine
n. 7. 1990s US sl. – a deliberately provocative and aggressive stare
vb. 1. 1980s NZ sl. – to nag, to pester
vb. 2. 1990 Amer. Army sl. – to glare at with hostility
vb. 3. 1990s US college sl. – to attack verbally
• MAD DOG 20-20
n. 1974 Amer. sl. – Mogen David, trademark name of a brand of inexpensive red wine
• MADDY
adj. 1719 obs. – somewhat mad
n. 1990s Aust. & Sc. sl. – a psychologically unstable person; a lunatic
• MADE
adj. 1. 1673 – of soldiers; also, of horses, hounds, etc.: fully trained
adj. 2. L17 UK criminals’ sl. – stolen
adj. 3. 1930s sl., orig. Irish – lucky, secure, well-off
adj. 4. 1930s US sl. – recognized, identified
adj. 5. 1940s African-American sl. – said of someone who has had their hair straightened; usually of women or girls
adj. 6. 1950s drug culture sl. – satisfactorily supplied or intoxicated with drugs, usually heroin
adj. 7. 1950s US sl. – cheated, tricked
adj. 8. 1950s US sl. – completed successfully
adj. 9. 1969 sl., orig. & chiefly US – said of someone who has been initiated into the Mafia
adj. 10. 1980s sl., orig. Irish – delighted, pleased
• MADE DISH
n. 1598 – a dish made of several ingredients
• MADEFACIENT
adj. 1727 obs. rare – making moist, wetting
• MADEFACTION
n. 1727 obs. rare – a wetting; the act of making wet or moist
• MADEFICATION
n. 1727 obs. – a moistening or wetting
• MADEFY
vb. c1420 obs. – to make wet; to moisten
• MADE GRAVY
n. 1796 – a gravy artificially compounded, as opposed to one consisting only of the juices exuding from meat in cooking
• MADE GUY
n. 1950s US criminals’ sl. – a formally initiated member of the US Mafia
• MADE LIE
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. _ a deliberate falsehood
• MADE MAN
n. 1950s US criminals’ sl. – a formally initiated member of the US Mafia
• MADE MEAT
n. 1598 obs. – a dish made of several ingredients
• MAD ENOUGH TO BITE OFF A BOARD NAIL
adj. 1929 Amer. dial. – very angry
• MAD ENOUGH TO EAT NEEDLES
adj. Bk1914 Amer. dial. – very angry
• MADENT
adj. 1727 obs. rare – wet, moist
• MADE OF MONEY
adj. 1849 sl. – rich; mainly used in negatives and questions
• MADESCENT
adj. Bk1910 – slightly moist
• MA DEUCE
n. a1982 Amer. sl. – a Browning M-2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun
• MADE UP
adj. 1. 1930s sl., orig. Irish – lucky, secure, well-off
adj. 2. 1980s sl., orig. Irish – delighted, pleased
• MAD FOR IT
adj. 1940s sl. – extremely enthusiastic
• MADFUL
adj. a1400 obs. rare – mad
• MADGE
n. 1. 1591 – the barn-owl, Aluco flammeus
n. 2. 16C sl. – a woman
n. 3. 17C sl. – a prostitute
n. 4. L18 Brit. – the female genitals
n. 5. 1814 Sc. – a term of contempt for a silly woman
n. 6. 1823 – the common magpie, Pica caudata
n. 7. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a playful or contemptuous term for a woman
n. 8. 1950s homosexual sl. – a tasteless person
• MADGE-COVE
n. L18 sl. – a homosexual man
• MADGE-CULL
n. L18 sl. – a homosexual man
• MADGE-HOWLET
n. 1. 1598 – the barn-owl. Aluco flammeus
n. 2. 17C sl. – a prostitute
n. 3. 17C sl. – the vagina
• MADGE-KEN
n. L18 sl. – the vagina
• MADGE-OWL
n. 1637 – the barn-owl. Aluco flammeus
• MADGE-OWLET
n. 1603 – the barn-owl. Aluco flammeus
• MAD GREEK
n. M16 rare – a boisterous or dissolute person
• MAD HADDOCK
n. 20C Aust. sl. – an exceptionally eccentric person
• MADHATTER
n. 1990s US teen sl. – someone who sells drugs
• MADHEAD
n. 1. c1375 obs. – madness
n. 2. 1600 obs. – a mad person
• MAD-HEADED
adj. 1567 – mad-brained; hot-headed, uncontrolled
• MAD HEADS
n. 2000s African-American sl. – lots of people
• MADHOUSE
n. 1. 1905 Amer. nautical sl. – a poorly run ship on which sailors are overworked or harshly disciplined
n. 2. 1919 sl. – a scene of confusion
n. 3. 1928 Amer. prison usage – a prison having brutal discipline
n. 4. 1944 Amer. Aviation usage – an air-traffic control tower
n. 5. 1953 Amer. sl. – any place characterized by traumatic conditions
• MADID
adj. 1615 now rare – wet, moist
• MADIDATE
vb. 1656 obs. – to wet or moisten
• MADIDITY
n. 1656 obs. – moisture, wetness
• MADIDNESS
n. 1731 obs. – moistness, wetness
• MADISON
n. 1990s sl. – any form of neck piercing
• MAD ITCH
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a severe itching rash
• MAD KEEN
adj. 1923 Sc. – very eager
• MAD KEEN ON
adj. 1949 – fond of; enthusiastic about; liking
• MAD-LEED
adj. 1804 Sc. – raving, unbalanced
n. 1804 Sc. – deranged talk
• MADLING
adj. 1608 obs. – mad
adv. 1584 obs. – madly
n. c1648-50 – a mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly
• MADLOCK
n. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a lunatic; a mad fellow
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a wild, giddy person
• MADLY BROKE
adj. a1972 Amer. sl., esp. African-American – very low on funds
• MADME
n. a1000 obs. – a precious thing; a treasure; a valuable gift
• MADMAN
n. 1. 1970s drug culture sl. – a notably strong variety of a given drug. e.g. heroin
n. 2. 1970s drug culture sl. – phencyclidine
• MADMAN’S BROTH
n. 1950s Aust. sl. – brandy
• MADMEN
adj. 1960s sl. – crazy, absurd
• MAD MICK
n. 1. 1919 rhyming sl., orig. Aust. – a pick (pickaxe)
n. 2. 20C Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘prick’ – the penis
• MAD MIKE
n. 1991 US sl. – a mad minute; an intense, short-lived burst of weapon fire
• MAD MINUTE
n. 1. 1917 Amer. military sl. – one minute of rapid fire against enemy positions; broadly, any short period of intense military bombardment
n. 2. 1942 military sl. – a minute of frenzied bayonet-practice
• MAD MOLL O’ THE WOODS
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an untidy woman or girl
• MAD MOLLY
n. 1982 Amer. Army sl. – the M-60 machine gun
• MAD MONEY
n. 1. 1922 Amer. sl. – money carried by a women in case she wants to return home from a date without her escort
n. 2. 1954-60 Amer. sl. – money that may be used for unplanned or impetuous purchases; extra spending money
• MAD MONKEY
n. 1991 US sl. – a staff worker at the US Military Army Command, Vietnam
• MAD NURSE
n. 1753 colloq. – a nurse attending on insane patients
• MADON!
int. 1977 US, orig. Italian-American usage – a moderately profane exclamation
• MADONNA
n. 1. 1602 obs. – an Italian lady
n. 2. a1839 – a mode of dressing a woman’s hair, with the parting down the middle, and the hair arranged smoothly on each side
n. 3. 1990s sl. – in body piercing: a beauty spot stud in the upper lip
n. 4. 2004 UK rhyming sl. for ‘goner’ – someone who has died or is unavoidably doomed to die very soon
• MADONNA-BRAIDED
adj. 1849 – of the hair: arranged in smooth braids on each side of the face
• MADONNA CLAWS
n. 2003 UK homosexual sl. – an ugly hand
• MAD OUT OF IT
adj. 2001 Ireland sl. – drunk or drug intoxicated
• MADPASH
adj. 1693 obs. – wild, rash, scatterbrained, insane, mad
n. 1. 1611 obs. – a lunatic, a mad fellow; a crackbrained person; a scatterbrain; a hot-headed person
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a wild, giddy person
n. 3. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – an infatuation
• MAD PROPS
n. 1994 US sl. – effusive compliments
• MAD RAILER
n. 1989 Aust. sl. – a racing greyhound that will veer towards the inside rail no matter what its starting position
• MADRE-PERL
n. 1878 rare – mother-of-pearl
• MADRIGAL
n. 1589 – a song; a ditty
• MAD SCARED
adj. 1994 Amer. sl. – very scared
• MADSHIP
n. a1225 obs. – madness
• MAD SKILLS; MAD SKILLZ
n. 1990s sl. – any admirable quality
• MADSTART
n. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a lunatic; a mad fellow
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a wild, giddy person
• MAD TOM
n. L17 sl. – a beggar who counterfeits madness
• MAD TOWN
n. 1982 Amer. jocular usage – Madison, Wisconsin
• MAD-UP
adj. 1970s Black British sl. – crazy
• MAD UPON
vb. 1624 obs. – to become infatuated
• MADWALLIE
adj. 1930 Sc. – strong, well-constructed, durable
• MADZA
n. M19 sl. – half
• MADZA BEARGURED
adj. M19 sl. – half-drunk
• MADZA CAROON
n. M19 sl. – half a crown, 2s 6d
• MADZA POONA
n. M19 sl. – a half-sovereign
• MADZA SALTEE
n. M19 sl. – a halfpenny
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