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madling

noun

Etymology

Either from attributive use of madling (see above), or for maddling, present participle of maddle (“to be mad”). More at maddle.

  1. derived from *mey-✻
  2. derived from *maidaz✻
  3. derived from *maidijaną✻
  4. inherited from ġemǣd
  5. inherited from mad
  6. suffixed as madling — “mad + ling”

Definitions

  1. A mad creature

    A mad creature; one who acts wildly or foolishly.

    • A madling acts in opposition to common sense. He is an owd madling whose reason has become childish by the lapse of years.
    • A madling was speaking to them; a woman. Dani stopped with a mind to retreat.
    • The madling—he had appeared today in the form of Austeri-Pranz, one of Vespanus' instructors at Roë, an intimidating man with bulging, rolling eyes and a formidable overbite—gave the question his consideration.

  2. Mad

    Mad; insane; crazy.

    • To be madling is to have our ideas confused.
    • The madling woman snatched the tray from his hands, giving it to the Fjeltroll to inspect.
    • She blinked her painful eyes. “Oh,” she said, “the madling boy. . . . But how would I know this? Why do you trouble me with this? […]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA