What does "madcap" mean?
Madcap: Wild; reckless. "Madcap follies" Beau. & Fl.
Additional senses
- 2.A person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent person. Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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