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barking mad

adj
/bɑːkɪŋ mæd/UK

Etymology

From barking + mad.

  1. derived from *mey-✻
  2. derived from *maidaz✻
  3. derived from *maidijaną✻
  4. inherited from ġemǣd
  5. inherited from mad
  6. compounded as barking mad — “barking#Etymology_1 + mad”

Definitions

  1. Completely insane.

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