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Definition of Madbrain
1. a. Hot-headed; rash.
Definition of Madbrain
1. Noun. (archaic) A rash or hotheaded person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Madbrain
1. hot-headed [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Madbrain
Literary usage of Madbrain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... madbrain (mad'bran), H. and a. I. n. A rash or hot-headed person ; a harebrained
person. Here's a madbrain o' th' first rate, ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"And this fell tempest shall not c«asc to rage Until the golden circuit on my head
Do calm the fury oj this madbrain'd ..."
3. The Complete Works of John Lyly by John Lyly (1902)
"... in so madbrain a sort and with so brainsick stuff," was ' nothing worthy a
scholar or a civil gentleman,' and ' one of the most paltry things that ever ..."
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