madbrained

English

Etymology

From mad +‎ brained.

Adjective

madbrained (comparative more madbrained, superlative most madbrained)

1. madcap; crazy
   • c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     contumelious, beastly, mad-brained war

References

• “madbrained”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.