Meaning of MADCAP
| Pronunciation: | | 'mad`kap
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- [n] a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
- [adj] characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)
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| | Synonyms: | | brainish, daredevil, harum-scarum, hothead, hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive, incautious, lunatic, swashbuckler, tearaway(a) |
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| | See Also: | | adventurer, tearaway, venturer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mad"cap`\, a.
1. Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or
dangerous amusements. ``The merry madcap lord.'' --Shak.
2. Wild; reckless. ``Madcap follies'' --Beau. & Fl.
\Mad"cap`\, n.
A person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent
person. --Shak.
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| | Definition: | | Math and set problems, for the Maniac II and CDC 6600. "MADCAP - A Scientific Compiler for a Displayed Formula Texbook Language", M.B. Wells, CACM 4(1):31-36 (Jan 1961). Sammet 1969, pp.271-281. Versions: Madcap 5 (1964), Madcap 6. "The Unified Data Structure Capability in Madcap 6", M.B. Wells et al, Intl J Comp Info Sci 1(3) (sep 1972). |
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| | Related Terms: | | adventurer, adventuress, adventurous, ardent, audacious, banana, beast, beldam, berserk, berserker, bold, bomber, brash, brazenface, brute, burlesquer, caricaturist, clown, comedian, comic, cutup, daredevil, daring, death-defying, demon, devil, dragon, epigrammatist, fanatic, fiend, fiery, firebrand, fire-eater, fire-eating, flaming, foolhardy, forward, funnyman, fury, gag writer, gagman, gagster, goon, gorilla, gunsel, hard-core, hardnose, harebrained, harum-scarum, hasty, heated, hellcat, hellhound, hellion, hell-raiser, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hot, hothead, hotheaded, hotspur, humorist, incendiary, inflamed, ironist, jester, joker, jokesmith, jokester, killer, lampooner, mad dog, madbrain, madbrained, Mafioso, monster, mugger, parodist, passionate, prankster, presumptuous, punner, punster, quipster, rantipole, rapist, red-hot, reparteeist, revolutionary, satirist, savage, scorching, she-wolf, spitfire, termagant, terror, terrorist, thoughtless, tiger, tigress, totally committed, tough, tough guy, ugly customer, violent, virago, vixen, wag, wagwit, white-hot, wild, wild beast, wild man, wild-ass, wisecracker, wit, witch, witling, wolf, Young Turk, zany, zealous |
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