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

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horn-mad

The rearward granted to Auditus' charge, Is stoutly follow'd with an impetuous herd Of stiff-neck'd bulls and many horn-mad stags, Of the best head the forest can afford.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various

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

From The Wayfarers by Snaith, J. C.

E. Why, mistress, sure my master is horn-mad.

From The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Clark, William George

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

From Simon the Jester by Locke, William John

"Well, I tell ye fairly, I'm horn-mad," cries Stewart.

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