doolally
9 synonyms for doolally, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — (informal) Behaving in a strange or crazy way; mad.
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Etymology
From doolally tap (“camp fever; (by extension) eccentricity; madness”), with doolally interpreted as an adjective. Doolally is derived from the Deolali transit camp, a former British army camp about 100 miles (160 kilometres) northeast of Bombay, India, used as a transit station for soldiers awaiting transport back to...
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