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madden

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English

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Etymology

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From mad +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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madden (third-person singular simple present maddens, present participle maddening, simple past and past participle maddened)

  1. (transitive) To make angry.
  2. (transitive) To make insane; to inflame with passion.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To become furious.
    • 1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho![1], published 1898, page 353:
      The rascal saw his advantage, and began a fierce harangue against the heretic strangers. As he maddened, his hearers maddened; the savage nature, capricious as a child's, flashed out in wild suspicion. Women yelled, men scowled, and ran hastily to their huts for bows and blow-guns.
    • 1870, John O'Hanlon, Irish folk lore[2], page 71:
      And as he maddened at the thought, honest Fergus, too, forgot himself, and added in an excited strain, " I wish one end o' the hog's puddin' was sthuck in yer nose, you foolish craythur!"

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From mad +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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madden

  1. To be mad or insane; to be afflicted with insanity.
  2. To be emotionally overwhelmed or consumed by mood or feelings.
  3. To behave idiotically or stupidly; to display stupidity.
  4. (rare) To make mad, crazy or insane; to madden.
  5. (rare) To emotionally overwhelm.

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Descendants

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  • English: mad (obsolete)

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