"horn-mad" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more horn-mad [comparative], most horn-mad [superlative]
Etymology: Perhaps in reference to the figurative horns of a cuckold, who would be enraged at the moment of discovery. Head templates: {{en-adj}} horn-mad (comparative more horn-mad, superlative most horn-mad)
  1. (obsolete) Furious; enraged. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-horn-mad-en-adj-xmU3h-fL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):",
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