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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
madder n 1: Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin [syn: madder, Rubia tinctorum] v 1: color a moderate to strong red | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Mad \Mad\, a. [Compar. Madder; superl. Maddest.] [AS. gem?d, gem[=a]d, mad; akin to OS. gem?d foolish, OHG. gameit, Icel. mei?a to hurt, Goth. gam['a]ids weak, broken. ?.] 1. Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane. [1913 Webster] I have heard my grandsire say full oft, Extremity of griefs would make men mad. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform. [1913 Webster] It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. --Jer. 1. 88. [1913 Webster] And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. --Acts xxvi. 11. [1913 Webster] 3. Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness. "Mad demeanor." --Milton. [1913 Webster] Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace. --Franklin. [1913 Webster] The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled. --Jowett (Thucyd.). [1913 Webster] 4. Extravagant; immoderate. "Be mad and merry." --Shak. "Fetching mad bounds." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog. [1913 Webster] 6. Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 7. Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Madder \Mad"der\ (m[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. mader, AS. maedere; akin to Icel. ma[eth]ra.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Rubia (Rubia tinctorum). The root is much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France and Holland. See Rubiaceous. [1913 Webster] Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes, etc., which receive their names from their colors, such as madder yellow. [1913 Webster] Field madder, an annual European weed (Sherardia arvensis) resembling madder. Indian madder, the East Indian Rubia cordifolia, used in the East for dyeing; -- called also munjeet. Wild madder, Rubia peregrina of Europe; also the Galium Mollugo, a kind of bedstraw. [1913 Webster] | ||
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