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madcap

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mad⋅cap

  [mad-kap]
–adjective
1. wildly or heedlessly impulsive; reckless; rash: a madcap scheme.
–noun
2. a madcap person.
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Origin:
1580–90; mad + cap 1
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mad·cap   (mād'kāp')   
adj.  Behaving or acting impulsively or rashly; wild.

[mad + cap1, head.]
mad'cap' n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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MADCAP
Math and set problems, for the Maniac II and CDC 6600. "MADCAP - A Scientific Compiler for a Displayed Formula Texbook Language", M.B. Wells, CACM 4(1):31-36 (Jan 1961). Sammet 1969, pp.271-281. Versions: Madcap 5 (1964), Madcap 6. "The Unified Data Structure Capability in Madcap 6", M.B. Wells et al, Intl J Comp Info Sci 1(3) (sep 1972).

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