madcap

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A person who acts in a capricious, impulsive, or reckless manner.
2. (South-Asia) A very foolish or irresponsible person; a fool, an idiot.
3. (obsolete, rare) An insane person; a lunatic.

Adj

Capricious, impulsive, or reckless; also, bizarre, crazy, zany; or foolish, idiotic.

Sinonieme

daredevil

harum-scarum

hothead

madman

screwball

swashbuckler

tearaway

terror

tomboy

zany

impetuous

brainish

impulsive

lunatic

hotheaded

crank

romp

hip-shooter

death-trap

droll

dumb

harebrained

hotspur

hoyden

humorous

light-headed

pixilated

reckless

rogue

versatile

rash man

cowboy

🤠

Vertalings

locuelo

toll

fier-à-bras

calavera

💀

delişmen

Tollkopf

Wildfang

casse-cou

scavezzacollo

spericolato

impulsiu

temerario

irreflexiu

Teufelskerl

Draufgänger

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈmædkæp/

Etimologie (Engels)

The noun is derived from mad + cap (“(informal) head”). The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun.