maddish

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Germanic *ga-

Proto-West Germanic *ga-

Old English ġe-

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *moyth₂-éye-tider.

Proto-Germanic *maidijanąder.

Old English *mǣdan

Old English ġemǣdan, ġemǣded

Middle English mad

English mad

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Germanic *-iskaz

Proto-West Germanic *-isk

Old English -isċ

Middle English -isch

English -ish

English maddish

From mad + -ish.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ædɪʃ

Adjective

maddish

1. Somewhat mad.
   • 1642, Thomas Morton, The Presentment of a Schismaticke, London: R. Whitaker & S. Brown, p. 6,^[1]

     I have reserved for the last place a Character which maketh his case most desperate, called by Auusten maddish obstinacy […]

   • 1815, Charles Lamb, letter to William Wordsworth dated 28 April, 1815, in The Letters of Charles Lamb, Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1905, Volume 4, p. 39,^[2]

     Excuse this maddish letter: I am too tired to write in forma.

   • 1964, Christopher Isherwood, A Single Man, London: Vintage, published 2010:

     He is small and thin, and has glasses and large teeth and the maddish smile of genuine intellectual passion.