Madling

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly.

    "A madling acts in opposition to common sense. He is an owd madling whose reason has become childish by the lapse of years."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Mad; insane; crazy. archaic, dialectal

    "To be madling is to have our ideas confused."

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Example

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"A madling acts in opposition to common sense. He is an owd madling whose reason has become childish by the lapse of years."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From mad + -ling.

Etymology 2

Either from attributive use of madling (see above), or for maddling, present participle of maddle (“to be mad”). More at maddle.

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