madcap

• Décrit une personne ou un plan qui est extrêmement impulsif, irréfléchi ou follement aventureux, souvent de manière excentrique ou imprévisible.

Describes a person or plan that is wildly impulsive, reckless, or foolishly adventurous.

1. Reckless or impulsiveC1informal

   Characterized by a lack of thought or deliberation; done in a hasty, wild, or foolish manner.

   Écervelé, imprudent

   • The madcap scheme to cross the ocean in a hot air balloon ended in disaster.
   • His madcap decision to quit his job without a backup plan surprised everyone.
   • They embarked on a madcap adventure through the jungle with no map or guide.

   Synonymesdaredevilfoolhardyharebrainedheedlesshotheadedimpetuousimpulsiverashrecklesswild

   Antonymescarefulcautiousprudentsensiblethoughtful

• Nom désignant une personne qui agit de manière imprudente, impulsive et irresponsable, souvent par exaltation ou étourderie.

A noun referring to a person who is reckless, impetuous, and irresponsible in their actions or behavior.

1. Reckless impetuous personB2informal

   A person who acts in a reckless, impetuous, and irresponsible manner.

   Tête brûlée

   • He's a madcap who always takes unnecessary risks.
   • The group of madcaps decided to go skydiving without training.
   • Only a madcap would try to cross the busy highway blindfolded.
   • She was known as a madcap, always saying and doing unexpected things.

   Synonymesdaredevilhotheadhotspurwild man