mad
/ˈmæd/ verb C2- To madden, to anger, to frustrate.
He/she/it mads · Past madded · Past participle madded · -ing form madding
Verb forms
- Base form
- mad
- He/she/it
- mads
- Past
- madded
- Past participle
- madded
- -ing form
- madding
From the library
“Ah,” said the jailer, “do not always brood over what is impossible, or you will be mad in a fortnight.”
“Yes; we have an instance here; it was by always offering a million of francs to the governor for his liberty that an abbé became mad, who was in this chamber before you.”
“I am not an abbé, I am not mad; perhaps I shall be, but at present, unfortunately, I am not.
“Threats!” cried the jailer, retreating and putting himself on the defensive; “you are certainly going mad.
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