- madden (v.)
[madden 词源字典]
- "to drive to distraction," 1822; earlier "to be mad" (1735), from mad (adj.) + -en (1). Related: Maddened; maddening. The earlier verb was simply mad (early 14c., intransitive; late 14c., transitive), from the adjective.[madden etymology, madden origin, 英语词源]