horn-mad

[hawrn-mad]

adjective

1. furiously enraged; intensely angry.

Other Word Forms

• horn-madness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of horn-mad¹

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

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

Read more on Project Gutenberg

“Well, I tell ye fairly, I’m horn-mad,” cries Stewart.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

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?

Read more on Project Gutenberg

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

Read more on Project Gutenberg

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.

Read more on Project Gutenberg