doolally
Signification (Anglais)
- (Ireland, UK, slang) Eccentric; insane, mad.
- (Ireland, UK, broadly, slang) Carried away by enjoyment, excitement, etc.
Synonymes
off one’s chump
off one’s nut
out of one’s mind
off one’s rocker
off one’s trolley
off one’s rocket
Traductions
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/duːˈlæli/
Étymologie (Anglais)
From doolally tap (“camp fever; (by extension) eccentricity; madness”), with doolally interpreted as an adjective. Doolally is derived from the Deolali transit camp, a former British army camp about 100 miles (160 kilometres) northeast of Bombay, India, used as a transit station for soldiers awaiting transport back to Britain; while tap (“Indian malarial fever”) is from Persian or Urdu تب (tab, “malarial fever”), ultimately from Sanskrit ताप (tāpa, “fever; heat; pain, torment”).
Notes
Sign in to write sticky notes
Commencez à apprendre anglais avec learnfeliz .
Entraînez-vous à parler et à mémoriser « doolally » et de nombreux autres mots et phrases dans anglais .