madcap

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

fier-à-bras

casse-cou

écervelé

fantasque

fou

impétueux

capricieux

impulsif

diablotin

Synonymes

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

🤠

Traductions

delişmen

impulsiu

spericolato

temerario

toll

Tollkopf

Wildfang

scavezzacollo

calavera

💀

locuelo

irreflexiu

Teufelskerl

Draufgänger

الجريء بتهور

esbojarrat

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmædkæp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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