doolally

== English == === 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 Britain; while tap (“Indian malarial fever”) is from Persian or Urdu تب (tab, “malarial fever”), ultimately from Sanskrit ताप (tāpa, “fever; heat; pain, torment”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /duːˈlæli/ (General American) IPA(key): /duˈlæli/ Rhymes: -æli Hyphenation: doo‧lal‧ly === Adjective === doolally (comparative more doolally, superlative most doolally) (chiefly UK, Ireland, slang) (originally military slang) Eccentric; insane, mad. Synonyms: (dated) doolally tap; see also Thesaurus:insane (by extension) Carried away by enjoyment, excitement, etc. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === doolally (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Michael Quinion (created July 14, 2001, last updated April 19, 2007), “Doolally tap”, in World Wide Words.