horn-mad
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- horn-madness noun
Etymology
Origin of horn-mad
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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Why, Harry, God save us all!" he cried, "have you gone horn-mad?
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“Well, I tell ye fairly, I’m horn-mad,” cries Stewart.
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Was it fair to me? was it fair to Miss Grant, that counselled you to go, and would be driven fair horn-mad if she could hear of it?
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E. Why, mistress, sure my master is horn-mad.
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Though what I am I cannot avoid, yet to be what I would not shall not make me tame: if I have horns to make one mad, let the proverb go with me,—I’ll be horn-mad.
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