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  1. 1. a. Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Wild; reckless. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent person. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. a reckless impetuous irresponsible person Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 1. Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements. "The merry madcap lord." Shak. 2. Wild; reckless. "Madcap follies" Beau. & Fl. A person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent person. Shak. Source: webster
  7. 7. lord." Shak. Source: adambom
  8. 8. n:100 n a reckless impetuous irresponsible person s characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; (`brainish' is archaic) Source: ecdict

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