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mado

mada

masc nom sg of mada (noun)

1. excess; pleasure; indulgence
2. vanity; pride; conceit; lit. intoxication
3. intoxication; poisoning

Built from

• mada — root · intoxication, excess
  The root √mad means to be intoxicated or exhilarated, with the concrete imagery of dizzying disorientation from drink or poison. The noun mada extends this to pride and vanity as a kind of mental intoxication.

Etymology. Related to Sanskrit mada and the root √mad 'to be intoxicated, exhilarated'. The concrete sense is the dizzying effect of alcohol or poison; the metaphorical sense of pride comes from the imagery of being drunk on one's own importance. Cognate with English 'mad' (originally 'intoxicated') and Latin madidus 'wet, soaked'.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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