mad for it in English

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      "form": "more mad for it",
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    },
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      "form": "most mad for it",
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        "Exceedingly eager, or having a keen desire or appetite for something."
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        "(UK, Ireland, informal) Exceedingly eager, or having a keen desire or appetite for something."
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  "word": "mad for it"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more mad for it",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most mad for it",
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        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "madferit",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      ],
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        "Exceedingly eager, or having a keen desire or appetite for something."
      ],
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          "eager"
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          "desire",
          "desire"
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        "(UK, Ireland, informal) Exceedingly eager, or having a keen desire or appetite for something."
      ],
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  ],
  "word": "mad for it"
}

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"mad for it" meaning in English

Adjective