madcap
Meanings
Plural: madcaps
Noun
- a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
- An impulsive, hasty, capricious person.
- An insane person, a lunatic.
Adjective Satellite
- characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; ; ; ; ; (`brainish' is archaic)
- "madcap escapades"
Adj
- Hasty, impulsive, or reckless; capricious.
Origin / Etymology
1580s, mad + cap, with cap figuratively used for "head" here. Original literal sense "lunatic, crazy person", now used figuratively.
Synonyms
brainish, daredevil, harum-scarum, hothead, hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive, lunatic, swashbuckler, tearaway
Scrabble Score: 13
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