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Madding vs Wadding - What's the difference?

madding | wadding |

As an adjective madding

is (archaic): affected with madness; raging; furious.

As a verb madding

is .

As a proper noun wadding is

.

madding

English

(Webster 1913)

Adjective

(head)
  • (archaic): Affected with madness; raging; furious.
    • Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. -Gray.
    The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged. -Milton.

    Verb

    (head)
    • ----

    wadding

    English

    Etymology 1

    .

    Noun

    (wikipedia wadding)
  • wads collectively
  • soft, fibrous cotton or wool used to make a wad, or as a packaging material
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
  • *:She slipped a hand into her kerchief pocket and took out the wadding and waved in reply of course without letting him and then slipped it back.

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)