: marked by capriciousness, recklessness, or foolishness
madcap
noun
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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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The audience is another asset, per Redmayne, who has traded the Emcee’s madcap wardrobe—a dingy tank top and leather shorts; a crazy clown costume; a terrifyingly severe three-piece suit—for an off-the-shoulder top and black trousers.
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Marley Marius, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024
Burton’s assured direction and distinctly peculiar visual sensibilities perfectly embody the madcap style of Pee-Wee’s picaresque tale.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
Durang’s plays—madcap, savage, disturbed—mix absurdism and melancholy, refracting the funny terror of existence.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
The search for chicken launches adult and child into a film-long chase, each jaw-dropping occurrence folding new people into a hilariously madcap escapade.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Fans of 2018’s bizarre crime caper A Simple Favor now have news worth raising a martini to: The gang is about to reunite for A Simple Favor 2, an equally madcap sequel.
—Radhika Seth, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2024
The madcap champion of motormouth comedies seemingly veers weirdly off-course in dramatizing the career of the mid-nineteenth-century dentist named William Morton (played by the gruffly folksy Joel McCrea), who, despite opposition from doctors, pioneered the use of ether as an anesthetic.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
The pair, who previously collaborated on the madcap 2018 period drama The Favourite and the mind-bending 2022 short Bleat, will be joined by a thrillingly starry ensemble: Hunter Schafer, Joe Alwyn, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Plemons, and Mamoudou Athie.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024
An accompanying set of Takashi Murakami paintings riffs on the prints’ calm with madcap Surrealism.
—The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
Marley Marius, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024
Burton’s assured direction and distinctly peculiar visual sensibilities perfectly embody the madcap style of Pee-Wee’s picaresque tale.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
Durang’s plays—madcap, savage, disturbed—mix absurdism and melancholy, refracting the funny terror of existence.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
The search for chicken launches adult and child into a film-long chase, each jaw-dropping occurrence folding new people into a hilariously madcap escapade.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Fans of 2018’s bizarre crime caper A Simple Favor now have news worth raising a martini to: The gang is about to reunite for A Simple Favor 2, an equally madcap sequel.
—Radhika Seth, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2024
The madcap champion of motormouth comedies seemingly veers weirdly off-course in dramatizing the career of the mid-nineteenth-century dentist named William Morton (played by the gruffly folksy Joel McCrea), who, despite opposition from doctors, pioneered the use of ether as an anesthetic.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
The pair, who previously collaborated on the madcap 2018 period drama The Favourite and the mind-bending 2022 short Bleat, will be joined by a thrillingly starry ensemble: Hunter Schafer, Joe Alwyn, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Plemons, and Mamoudou Athie.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024
An accompanying set of Takashi Murakami paintings riffs on the prints’ calm with madcap Surrealism.
—The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Madcap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madcap. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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