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madcap

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mad·cap  (mdkp)
adj.
Behaving or acting impulsively or rashly; wild.

[mad + cap, head.]

madcap n.

madcap [ˈmædˌkæp]
adj
impulsive, reckless, or lively
n
an impulsive, reckless, or lively person
[from mad + cap (in the figurative sense: head)]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.madcapmadcap - a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
adventurer, venturer - a person who enjoys taking risks
tearaway - a reckless and impetuous person
Adj.1.madcap - characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)
archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
incautious - lacking in caution; "an incautious remark"; "incautious talk"

madcap
adjective
reckless, rash, impulsive, ill-advised, wild, crazy, foolhardy, thoughtless, crackpot (informal), hot-headed, imprudent, heedless, hare-brained They flitted from one madcap scheme to another.
noun
daredevil, tearaway, wild man, hothead Madcap Mark Roberts can be seen doing dangerous stunts in the countryside.
Translations
madcap [ˈmædkæp]
A. ADJalocado, disparatado
B. Nlocuelo/a m/f, tarambana mf
madcap [ˈmædkæp] adjécervelé(e)
mad cow disease nmaladie f de la vache folle
madcap
adj ideaversponnen; youthstürmisch; trickstoll; schemehirnverbrannt
madcap [ˈmædˌkæp] adj (fam) → senza senso, assurdo/a
madcap [ˈmædˌkæp] adj (fam) → senza senso, assurdo/a


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This madcap quest of mine, was it not understood between us from the beginning to be a fantastic whim, a poetical wild-goose chase, conceived entirely as an excuse for being some time in each other's company?
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And they were already smiling rather too broadly upon Sorelli, who had begun to recite her speech, when an exclamation from that little madcap of a Jammes broke the smile of the managers so brutally that the expression of distress and dismay that lay beneath it became apparent to all eyes:
 
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