Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (n.) A slattern. 2. (n.) The name of a female fairy, esp. the queen of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy. 3. (p. p) of Made. 4. (superl.) Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane. 5. (superl.) 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. 6. (superl.) Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness. 7. (superl.) Extravagant; immoderate. 8. (superl.) Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog. 9. (superl.) Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person. 10. (superl.) Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle. 11. (v. t.) To make mad or furious; to madden. 12. (v. i.) To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding. 13. (n.) An earthworm.
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