: marked by capriciousness, recklessness, or foolishness
madcap
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Examples of madcap in a Sentence
a madcap scheme to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel
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Shilling’s delightfully madcap spirit lives on at Royal Ascot today — in the more experimental hats or elaborate lawn picnics that verge on performance.
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Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
If nothing else, the King’s brief reign was a spectacular, madcap flash in the pan.
—Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2026
In this madcap detective story, Samson Kolechko, a young investigator in Kyiv, is assigned a seemingly impossible case.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
These are the hallmarks of a Hannah Horvath stand-in and key plot points from Lena Dunham’s epic, madcap, and relatably unrelatable new memoir Famesick.
—Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 3 June 2026
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Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
If nothing else, the King’s brief reign was a spectacular, madcap flash in the pan.
—Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2026
In this madcap detective story, Samson Kolechko, a young investigator in Kyiv, is assigned a seemingly impossible case.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
These are the hallmarks of a Hannah Horvath stand-in and key plot points from Lena Dunham’s epic, madcap, and relatably unrelatable new memoir Famesick.
—Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 3 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for madcap
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“Madcap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madcap. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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