Madcap — is an adjective. It is most often used to describe human personality traits; impulsiveness, hastiness, recklessness and capriciousness are all applicable. An individual described as a Madcap may appear quite indifferent in regard to dangerous… … Wikipedia
Madcap — Mad cap , a. 1. Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements. The merry madcap lord. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Wild; reckless. Madcap follies Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
madcap — [mad′kap΄] n. [ MAD + CAP1, fig. for head] a reckless, impulsive, or uninhibited person, orig. esp. a girl adj. reckless, uninhibited, or zany [madcap pranks] … English World dictionary
Madcap — Mad cap , n. A person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent person. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
madcap — index hot blooded, outrageous, precipitate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
madcap — 1580s, noun and adjective, from MAD (Cf. mad) (adj.) + CAP (Cf. cap), used here figuratively for “head.” Related: Madcappery … Etymology dictionary
madcap — [adj] crazy, impulsive brash, foolhardy, foolish, frivolous, harebrained*, heedless, hotheaded, ill advised, imprudent, incautious, inconsiderate, lively, rash, reckless, stupid, thoughtless, wild; concept 548 Ant. reasonable, sane … New thesaurus
madcap — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ impulsive or reckless … English terms dictionary
madcap — mad|cap [ˈmædkæp] adj [only before noun] old fashioned 1.) a madcap idea seems crazy and unlikely to succeed ▪ a madcap scheme 2.) a madcap person behaves in a crazy and often funny way ▪ He plays a madcap game show host … Dictionary of contemporary English
madcap — [[t]mæ̱dkæp[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A madcap plan or scheme is very foolish and not likely to succeed. [INFORMAL] The politicians simply flitted from one madcap scheme to another... His fast paced novels are full of bizarre situations and… … English dictionary