madcap

[mad-kap]

adjective

1. wildly or heedlessly impulsive; reckless; rash.

   a madcap scheme.

noun

1. a madcap person.

madcap

/ ˈmædˌkæp /

adjective

1. impulsive, reckless, or lively

noun

1. an impulsive, reckless, or lively person

Word History and Origins

Origin of madcap¹

First recorded in 1580–90; mad + cap ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of madcap¹

C16: from _mad + cap (in the figurative sense: head)

Example Sentences

The orchestrated madcap structure takes hold when backed by a running instrumental.

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But like a car wreck on the side of the highway, it was also a disturbing sign of the madcap world Wilson now inhabited.

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It left him lacking grip at the restart to those around him and a madcap, almost unbelievable, series of incidents.

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Two own goals reflected the flawed, madcap nature of this final.

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Off the back of his channel, Lee became a TV presenter with CBBC, starring on screen alongside madcap puppet Hacker T Dog.

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