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madling

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madling¹

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From mad + -ling.

noun madlings

  1. 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.

madling²

Where it comes from

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

adjective more madling · most madling

  1. archaic, dialectal Mad; insane; crazy. To be madling is to have our ideas confused.

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@misc{madling_2026,
  title = {madling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/madling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}