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.
Mad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Madded; p. pr. & vb. n. Madding.] To make mad
or furious; to madden.
Had I but seen thy picture in this plight, It would have madded me.
Shak.
Mad, v. i. To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding. [Archaic]
Chaucer.
Festus said with great voice, Paul thou maddest.
Wyclif (Acts).
Mad, n. [AS. ma&?;a; akin to D. & G. made, Goth. mapa, and prob. to E.
moth.] (Zoöl.) An earthworm. [Written also made.]
Mad"am (?), n.; pl. Madams, or Mesdames (#). [See Madame.] 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 Sir.
||Ma`dame" (?), n.; pl. Mesdames (#). [F., fr. ma my (L. mea) + dame
||dame. See Dame, and cf. Madonna.] My lady; -- a French title formerly
||given to ladies of quality; now, in France, given to all married
||women. Chaucer.
Mad"-ap`ple (?), n. (Bot.) See Eggplant.
Mad"brain` (?), a. Hot-headed; rash. Shak. -- n. A rash or hot- headed
person.
Mad"brained` (?), a. Disordered in mind; hot-headed. Shak.
Mad"cap` (?), a. 1. Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash,
absurd, or dangerous amusements. "The merry madcap lord." Shak.