"mad with it" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-mad with it.wav Forms: more mad with it [comparative], most mad with it [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} mad with it (comparative more mad with it, superlative most mad with it)
  1. (UK, chiefly Scotland, slang) Extremely drunk or intoxicated. Tags: Scotland, UK, slang Synonyms: drunk, mad wae it [Scotland], mad wi' it Derived forms: MWI

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2019 July 30, Harriet Johnston, “Woman who struck up a friendship with a 'lonely' Nigerian toilet attendant on a drunken night out reveals they now go on walks together - and she's even met her new friend's son”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 2023-06-05:",
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