horn-mad

[ hawrn-mad ]

adjective

1. furiously enraged; intensely angry.

Other Words From

• horn-madness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of horn-mad¹

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

Why, Harry, God save us all!" he cried, "have you gone horn-mad?

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“Well, I tell ye fairly, I’m horn-mad,” cries Stewart.

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Was it fair to me? was it fair to Miss Grant, that counselled you to go, and would be driven fair horn-mad if she could hear of it?

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Death and furies, will you not hear me?—Why by heaven she laughs, grins, points to your back; she forks out cuckoldom with her fingers, and you’re running horn-mad after your fortune. 

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E. Why, mistress, sure my master is horn-mad.

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