Madcap

Definition of madcap:

part of speech: adjective

Given to wild follies; recklessly adventurous.

part of speech: noun

A rash, hot- headed, or irolicsome person.

part of speech: noun

A wild, thoughtless person.

part of speech: noun

A wild, rash, hotheaded person.

Usage examples for madcap:

• They understood that it was the madcap Phakir. "Folk-Tales of Bengal", Lal Behari Day.

• Blue Bonnet clapped her hands over Uncle Joe's eyes in her old madcap fashion. "Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party", C. E. Jacobs Edyth Ellerbeck Read.

• A madcap he never could show more respect to a burgomaster than to a beggar! "Invisible Links", Selma Lagerlof.