"madling" meaning in All languages combined

See madling on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more madling [comparative], most madling [superlative]
Etymology: Either from attributive use of madling (see above), or for maddling, present participle of maddle (“to be mad”). More at maddle. Head templates: {{en-adj}} madling (comparative more madling, superlative most madling)
  1. (dialect, chiefly archaic) Mad; insane; crazy. Tags: archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-madling-en-adj-jwff~PSQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: madlings [plural]
Etymology: From mad + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mad|ling}} mad + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} madling (plural madlings)
  1. A mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly.
    Sense id: en-madling-en-noun-Qefb1j6K Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ling
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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