madding

[ mad-ing ]
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adjective
  1. acting madly or senselessly; insane; frenzied: a quiet place far from the madding crowd.

  2. making mad: a madding grief.

Origin of madding

1
1300–50; Middle English. See mad (v.), -ing2

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British Dictionary definitions for madding

madding

/ (ˈmædɪŋ) /


adjectivearchaic
  1. acting or behaving as if mad: the madding crowd

  2. making mad; maddening

Derived forms of madding

  • maddingly, adverb

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