| a. | 1. | Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements. |
| 2. | Wild; reckless. | |
| n. | 1. | A person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent person. |
| Noun | 1. | madcap - a reckless impetuous irresponsible person |
| Adj. | 1. | madcap - 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) |
| 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). |