horn-mad

American  

[hawrn-mad] / ˈhɔrnˈmæd /

adjective

1. furiously enraged; intensely angry.

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Other Word Forms

• horn-madness noun

Etymology

Origin of horn-mad

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

Why, Harry, God save us all!" he cried, "have you gone horn-mad?

From The Wayfarers by Snaith, J. C.

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?

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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?

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

If this should ever happen thou wouldst be horn-mad.

From Much Ado about Nothing by Shakespeare, William

In the eyes of the excellent Rogers I am horn-mad.

From Simon the Jester by Locke, William John