madcap
11madcap — [[t]mæ̱dkæp[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A madcap plan or scheme is very foolish and not likely to succeed. [INFORMAL] The politicians simply flitted from one madcap scheme to another... His fast paced novels are full of bizarre situations and… …
12madcap — 1. adjective 1) a madcap scheme Syn: reckless, rash, foolhardy, foolish, harebrained, wild, hasty, imprudent, ill advised; informal crazy, crackpot, crack brained 2) a madcap comedy Syn …
13madcap — /mad kap /, adj. 1. wildly or heedlessly impulsive; reckless; rash: a madcap scheme. n. 2. a madcap person. [1580 90; MAD + CAP1] * * * …
14madcap — mad•cap [[t]ˈmædˌkæp[/t]] adj. 1) recklessly impulsive; rash: madcap schemes[/ex] 2) a madcap person • Etymology: 1580–90 …
15madcap — /ˈmædkæp / (say madkap) adjective 1. wildly impulsive; lively: *The poor chap must wonder what sort of madcap household I come from when he sees the Logies on TV. –bert newton, 1977. –noun 2. a madcap person …
16madcap — adjective Date: 1588 marked by capriciousness, recklessness, or foolishness • madcap noun …
17madcap — adjective impulsive, hasty or reckless; capricious. The film featured a madcap car chase that went right through a crowded café …
18madcap — adjective a madcap idea seems crazy and unlikely to succeed …
19madcap — Originally applied, in the late sixteenth century, to a mad person, a maniac, but the meaning softened until, by the nineteenth century, the word referred to someone who was impulsive and lively, especially a girl. ‘You madcap’ is said by a… …
20Madcap (band) — Madcap is a pop punk band from Southern California which loosely formed in 1994. After several lineup changes a solid group was formed in 1999 with original members Lee LeBaigue, Johnny Mastantuono, Alfredo Gonzalez and new member Jake Beil. In… …
