Doolally — or Dolally may refer to: Deolali, India, former site of a British Army transit camp. The Deolali transit camp itself. Doolally , originally doolally tap , meaning to lose ones mind , derived from the boredom felt at the Deolali British Army… … Wikipedia
doolally — insane, eccentric, British slang, by 1917 in the armed services and in full doolally tap (with Urdu word for fever ), from Deolali, near Bombay, India, which was a military camp (established 1861) with a large barracks and a chief staging point… … Etymology dictionary
doolally — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ temporarily insane. ORIGIN from Indian army slang doolally tap, from Deolali (a town near Bombay) + Urdu tap fever … English terms dictionary
doolally — /doo lalˈi/ (slang) adjective 1. Mentally unbalanced 2. Crazy ORIGIN: Deolali, a town near Mumbai … Useful english dictionary
doolally — Scottish Vernacular Dictionary To appear visibly upset or mentally unhinged Example: Ah jist saw yir maw an she s goin doolally! … English dialects glossary
doolally — [du: lali] adjective Brit. informal temporarily insane. Origin 1920s: orig. doolally tap, Ind. army sl., from Deolali (a town near Bombay) + Urdu tap fever … English new terms dictionary
doolally — Adj. Mad, crazy, insane. A shortening of doolally tap, a madness that afflicted British soldiers in Deolali, India. There s speculation as to whether the soldiers went mad whilst stationed there, awaiting the troop ship home, or that they were… … English slang and colloquialisms
doolally — UK [duːˈlælɪ] / US [duˈlælɪ] adjective British informal crazy Have you gone completely doolally? … English dictionary
doolally — adjective /duːˈlali/ insane, mad or eccentric … Wiktionary
doolally — doo|lal|ly [du:ˈlæli] adj BrE spoken [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Deolali, name of an Indian town where there was a British army camp] crazy … Dictionary of contemporary English
