mad for it en · ADJ
Meanings
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(Ireland, UK, informal) Exceedingly eager, or having a keen desire or appetite for something.
Glenereegan is to be sold to the highest bidder to-day.[…]I'm tould - It's Pether Byrne that dhrives Bianconi's car that tould me - that a smalpeen of a Dublin attorney is mad for it.
1883 January 6, Nugent Robinson, Ave Maria - Volume 9 - Father Tom: A Story of Connemara, page 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most mad for it | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| madferit | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more mad for it | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |