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English
Etymology
Perhaps in reference to the figurative horns of a cuckold, who would be enraged at the moment of discovery.
Adjective
horn-mad (comparative more horn-mad, superlative most horn-mad)
- (obsolete) Furious; enraged.
1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):If this should ever happen, thou wouldst be horn-mad.