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<hw>Mad</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>ma<?/a</ets>; akin to D. & G. <ets>made</ets>, Goth. <ets>mapa</ets>, and prob. to E. <ets>moth</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An earthworm.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>made</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Madam</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mad"am</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Madams</plw>, or <plw>Mesdames</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[See <er>Madame</er>.]</ety> <def>A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is <i>Sir</i>.</def>

<h1>Madame</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Ma`dame"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Mesdames</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F., fr. <ets>ma</ets> my (L. <ets>mea</ets>) + <ets>dame</ets> dame. See <er>Dame</er>, and cf. <er>Madonna</er>.]</ety> <def>My lady; -- a French title formerly given to ladies of quality; now, in France, given to all married women.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Mad-apple</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mad"-ap`ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Eggplant</er>.</def>

<h1>Madbrain</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mad"brain`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hot-headed; rash.</def> <i>Shak</i>. -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A rash or hot-headed person</def>.</def2>

<h1>Madbrained</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mad"brained`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Disordered in mind; hot-headed.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Madcap</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mad"cap`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements.</def> "The merry <i>madcap </i> <def>lord."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Wild; reckless.</def> "<i>Madcap</i> follies"

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Madcap</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mad"cap`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent person.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Madden</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mad"den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Maddened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Maddening</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make mad; to drive to madness; to craze; to excite violently with passion; to make very angry; to enrage.</def>

<h1>Madden</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mad"den</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become mad; to act as if mad.</def>

<blockquote>They rave, recite, and <b>madden</b> round the land. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Madder</h1> <Xpage=880>