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Guida used Ranulph's name for Carterette, knowing that it would change the madcap's mood.
THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKER
The madcap had become wise, only retaining of his youthful follies the audacity which is needful for successful enterprise.
FRUITFULNESSEMILE ZOLA
Shakespeare, of course, and his freres, knew him to be a merry fellow—quite a madcap—and so do now all the Lakers.
RECREATIONS OF CHRISTOPHER NORTH, VOLUME 2JOHN WILSON
It is not nearly so cold now that brother north-easter has yielded to his madcap brother from the south!
THE LAUGHING CAVALIERBARONESS ORCZY
With madcap audacity it seeks to install this Barbarism as the truest Civilization.
CHARLES SUMNER; HIS COMPLETE WORKS, VOLUME 9 (OF 20)CHARLES SUMNER
He was a madcap like herself, always ripe for fun and frolic; and for a time she revelled in his comradeship.
LOVE ROMANCES OF THE ARISTOCRACYTHORNTON HALL
But they felt little fear of Dolly's likelihood of rushing into madcap adventures even if Dotty urged it.
TWO LITTLE WOMENCAROLYN WELLS
We sent a hundred thousand loves to papa by them, and to my sister, the madcap, which they promised to deliver without fail.
THE LETTERS OF WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, VOL. 1WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
What fanciful being arranged the union of that old man and this madcap?
THE WORKS OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT, VOL. 6GUY DE MAUPASSANT
Perhaps it's some distrust of his madcap daughter, the Dona Jovita; perhaps to watch her—who knows?
TWO MEN OF SANDY BARBRET HARTE
WORDS RELATED TO MADCAP
- audacious
- bold
- brazenfaced
- cheeky
- cocksure
- cocky
- effervescent
- flip
- foolhardy
- forward
- hasty
- headlong
- heedless
- hotheaded
- ill-advised
- impertinent
- impetuous
- impolitic
- impudent
- incautious
- inconsiderate
- indiscreet
- insolent
- madcap
- maladroit
- nervy
- precipitate
- presuming
- presumptuous
- pushing
- rash
- reckless
- rude
- self-asserting
- self-assertive
- tactless
- thoughtless
- undiplomatic
- untactful
- uppity
- vivacious
- antic
- buffoon
- comedian
- comic
- cut-up
- dolt
- droll
- farceur
- fool
- funnyperson
- funster
- gagman
- gagster
- harlequin
- humorist
- jester
- joker
- jokesmith
- jokester
- life of the party
- madcap
- merry-andrew
- merrymaker
- mime
- mountebank
- mummer
- picador
- pierrot
- prankster
- punch
- punchinello
- quipster
- ribald
- wag
- wisecracker
- wit
- zany
- ablaze
- afire
- aflame
- agitable
- alight
- blazing
- burning
- choleric
- combustible
- conflagrant
- enthusiastic
- excitable
- febrile
- fervid
- fevered
- feverish
- fierce
- flaming
- flickering
- flushed
- glowing
- heated
- hot
- hot-blooded
- hot-headed
- hot-tempered
- igneous
- ignited
- impassioned
- impetuous
- impulsive
- in flames
- inflamed
- intense
- irascible
- irritable
- madcap
- peppery
- perfervid
- precipitate
- red-hot
- spirited
- unrestrained
- vehement
- violent
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