Doolally

/duːˈlæli/ · adjective

Meaning

(originally military slang) Eccentric; insane, mad..

Definitions by Sense

1. (originally military slang) Eccentric; insane, mad.
2. (by extension) Carried away by enjoyment, excitement, etc.

Example Sentences

"Will you write me an Essay on Corsets?" / "On what?" I asked incredulously—knowing that he had been a distinguished soldier, and suspecting that he had suddenly developed what the soldiers describe as "a touch of the doolally."

"When you've got any God's amount of brains," said Frobisher, "you can pretend to be doolally;[…]"

Doolally tap. It's the strain see – and it gets the doolally lads first.

They were all doolally of course, except Philomela.

[H]e took three sleeping-pills in the night, so he says, and he's all doped and doolally now. I need your help to move him.

"Now you're being silly. Promise you'll put me in a home when I get really doolally." / "If you're really doolally you won't know if I have or not." / "So promise."

The cat scrap at the bridal bash only made him more doolally.

But then, doolally as this enterprise clearly is, I've had the most pleasant day I can remember having in a long time.

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• more doolally
• most doolally

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