madcap

[ mad-kap ]
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adjective
  1. wildly or heedlessly impulsive; reckless; rash: a madcap scheme.

noun
  1. a madcap person.

Origin of madcap

1
First recorded in 1580–90; mad + cap1

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British Dictionary definitions for madcap

madcap

/ (ˈmædˌkæp) /


adjective
  1. impulsive, reckless, or lively

noun
  1. an impulsive, reckless, or lively person

Origin of madcap

1
C16: from mad + cap (in the figurative sense: head)

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