"madcap" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈmædkæp/ Audio: en-us-madcap.ogg [US] Forms: more madcap [comparative], most madcap [superlative]
Etymology: 1580s, mad + cap, with cap figuratively used for "head" here. Original literal sense "lunatic, crazy person", now used figuratively. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mad|cap}} mad + cap Head templates: {{en-adj}} madcap (comparative more madcap, superlative most madcap)
  1. Hasty, impulsive, or reckless; capricious.
    Sense id: en-madcap-en-adj-Ut6oekFo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with collocations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 38 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 61 36 3 Disambiguation of English terms with collocations: 64 30 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mad-cap, mad cap

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmædkæp/ Audio: en-us-madcap.ogg [US] Forms: madcaps [plural]
Etymology: 1580s, mad + cap, with cap figuratively used for "head" here. Original literal sense "lunatic, crazy person", now used figuratively. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mad|cap}} mad + cap Head templates: {{en-noun}} madcap (plural madcaps)
  1. An impulsive, hasty, capricious person. Translations (an impulsive, hasty, capricious person): лудетина (ludetina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), сумасбро́д (sumasbród) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-madcap-en-noun-UbUJ82y1 Disambiguation of 'an impulsive, hasty, capricious person': 89 11
  2. (obsolete) An insane person, a lunatic. Tags: obsolete Translations (An insane person, a lunatic): խենթ (xentʻ) (Armenian), умопобъркан (umopobǎrkan) [masculine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-madcap-en-noun-SwkA9D5v Disambiguation of 'An insane person, a lunatic': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mad-cap, mad cap

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