mad-cap
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.31 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of madcap.
adj
Alternative form of madcap.
Example Sentences
- "Come-on you mad-cap: Ile to the Ale-houſe vvith you preſently; […]"
- "VVhy vvhat a mad-cap hath heauen lent vs here?"
- "There vvas then in preſence, a certaine old Knight, called Sir Hugh Linne, a good ſouldier, but a very mad-cap, & one that liued chiefely vpon the liberalitie of noble men; […]"
- "Bel[lamont]. […] [W]hat place is this? / May[bery]. Bedlam iſt not? / Bel. VVhere theſe mad-men are, I neuer vvas amongſt them, as you loue me Gentlemen, lets ſee vvhat Greekes are vvithin. / […] / Bell. Pray beſtovv your name ſir vpon vs. / Full. My name is Full-moone. / Bell. You vvell deſerue this office good maiſter Full-moone: and vvhat mad-caps haue you in your houſe."
- "Lord, that ſuch a Mad-Cap as I ſhould ever live to be jealous!"
- "[H]is mad-cap follies, / VVhich ſtill like Hydras heads grovv thicker on him."