i Register
In some senses, madling is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
madling
noun 1adj 1
Collocations
3VERB + MADLING
said
MADLING + NOUN
boy, opposition, woman
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
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.
A madling was speaking to them; a woman. Dani stopped with a mind to retreat.
adj
1
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
601
A madling acts in opposition to common sense. He is an owd madling whose reason has become childish by the lapse of years.
Wiktionary02
A madling was speaking to them; a woman. Dani stopped with a mind to retreat.
Wiktionary03
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 cons
Wiktionary04
To be madling is to have our ideas confused.
Wiktionary05
The madling woman snatched the tray from his hands, giving it to the Fjeltroll to inspect.
Wiktionary06
She blinked her painful eyes. “Oh,” she said, “the madling boy. . . . But how would I know this? Why do you trouble me with this? […]
WiktionaryUsage Notes
Your note
not saved0 chars