Madness, 1) insanity: Sonn. 140, 10. Tp. II, 2, 14. V, 116. Wiv. IV, 2, 27. Meas. IV, 4, 4. V, 51. V, 51 V, 51 Err. V, 76. Merch. I, 2, 69. As III, 2, 420. IV, 1, 218. Tw. III, 4, 16. Tw. III, 4, 16 IV, 3, 4. IV, 3, 4 V, 302. Wint. IV, 4, 495 etc. etc. in m. == mad: Hml. III, 4, 187. Oth. I, 1, 98.
2) extreme folly: “of this m. cured,” H4B IV, 2, 41. “were't not m., to make the fox surveyor of the fold?” H6B III, 1, 252. “his flight was m.” Mcb. IV, 2, 2.
3) wild affection or emotion: “fetter strong m. in a silken thread,” Ado V, 1, 25. “such a hare is m. the youth,” Merch. I, 2, 21.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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