doolally

Meaning

1. (Ireland, UK, slang) Eccentric; insane, mad.
2. (Ireland, UK, broadly, slang) Carried away by enjoyment, excitement, etc.

Synonyms

around the bend

bats

daft

deranged

loony

mad

maniacal

non compos mentis

one brick short of a full load

over the edge

potty

meshuggener

off one’s chump

off one’s nut

out of one’s mind

bughouse

nuts

off one’s rocker

off one’s trolley

meshugge

off one’s rocket

nutso

reality challenged

nutzoid

Translations

dement

geistesgestört

umnachtet

aberrant

aliéné

dément

fêlé

fol

démenciel

folle

demente

pazzesco

dēmēns

īnsānus

dolzinnig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/duːˈlæli/

Etymology

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”).