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The mad promise of Cleon was
fulfilled.

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.

Mad, v.


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