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madder |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mad \Mad\, a. [Compar. {Madder}; superl. {Maddest}.] [AS. gem?d, gem[=a]d, mad; akin to OS gem?d foolish, OHG. gameit, Icel. mei?a to hurt, Goth. gam['a]ids weak, broken. ?.] 1. Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane. I have heard my grandsire say full oft, Extremity of griefs would make men mad. --Shak. 2. Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform. It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. --Jer. 1. 88. And being exceedingly mad against them I persecuted them even unto strange cities. --Acts xxvi. 11. 3. Proceeding from or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness. ``Mad demeanor.'' --Milton. Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace. --Franklin. The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled. --Jowett (Thucyd.). 4. Extravagant; immoderate. ``Be mad and merry.'' --Shak. ``Fetching mad bounds.'' --Shak. 5. Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as a mad dog. 6. Angry; out of patience; vexed; as to get mad at a person. [Colloq.] 7. Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle. [Colloq.] {Like mad}, like a mad person; in a furious manner; as to run like mad. --L'Estrange. {To run mad}. a To become wild with excitement. b To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia. {To run mad after}, to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. ``The world is running mad after farce.'' --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Madder \Mad"der\, n. [OE. mader, AS m[ae]dere; akin to Icel. ma?ra.] (Bot.) A plant of the {Rubia} ({R. tinctorum}). The root is much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France and Holland. See {Rubiaceous}. Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes, etc., which receive their names from their colors; as madder yellow. {Field madder}, an annual European weed ({Sherardia arvensis}) resembling madder. {Indian madder}, the East Indian {Rubia cordifolia}, used in the East for dyeing; -- called also {munjeet}. {Wild madder}, {Rubia peregrina} of Europe; also the {Galium Mollugo}, a kind of bedstraw. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: madder n : Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin [syn: {Rubia tinctorum}] v : color a moderate to strong red
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