madcap

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
madcap
    adj 1: characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or
           deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such
           impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous
           display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades";
           (`brainish' is archaic) [syn: {hotheaded}, {impulsive},
           {impetuous}, {madcap}, {tearaway(a)}, {brainish}]
    n 1: a reckless impetuous irresponsible person [syn:
         {daredevil}, {madcap}, {hothead}, {swashbuckler},
         {lunatic}, {harum-scarum}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Madcap \Mad"cap`\, a.
   1. Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or
      dangerous amusements. "The merry madcap lord." --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Wild; reckless. "Madcap follies" --Beau. & Fl.
      [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Madcap \Mad"cap`\, n.
   A person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent
   person. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
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).
from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
MADCAP
       Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol (RFC 2730,
Multicast)
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
123 Moby Thesaurus words for "madcap":
      Mafioso, Young Turk, adventurer, adventuress, adventurous, ardent,
      audacious, banana, beast, beldam, berserk, berserker, bold, bomber,
      brash, brazenface, brute, burlesquer, caricaturist, clown,
      comedian, comic, cutup, daredevil, daring, death-defying, demon,
      devil, dragon, epigrammatist, fanatic, fiend, fiery, fire-eater,
      fire-eating, firebrand, flaming, foolhardy, forward, funnyman,
      fury, gag writer, gagman, gagster, goon, gorilla, gunsel,
      hard-core, hardnose, harebrained, harum-scarum, hasty, heated,
      hell-raiser, hellcat, hellhound, hellion, holy terror, hood,
      hoodlum, hot, hothead, hotheaded, hotspur, humorist, incendiary,
      inflamed, ironist, jester, joker, jokesmith, jokester, killer,
      lampooner, mad dog, madbrain, madbrained, monster, mugger,
      parodist, passionate, prankster, presumptuous, punner, punster,
      quipster, rantipole, rapist, red-hot, reparteeist, revolutionary,
      satirist, savage, scorching, she-wolf, spitfire, termagant, terror,
      terrorist, thoughtless, tiger, tigress, totally committed, tough,
      tough guy, ugly customer, violent, virago, vixen, wag, wagwit,
      white-hot, wild, wild beast, wild man, wild-ass, wisecracker, wit,
      witch, witling, wolf, zany, zealous
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