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[Compar.
Madder (?); superl. Maddest (?).]
[AS. gem&?;d, gemād, mad; akin to OS.
gem&?;d foolish, OHG. gameit, Icel. mei&?;a to
hurt, Goth. gamáids 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.

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