DOOLALLY


Meaning of DOOLALLY in English

/ duːˈlæli; NAmE / adjective

[ not before noun ] ( BrE , informal ) crazy :

The poor chap's gone doolally.

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WORD ORIGIN

early 20th cent.: originally doolally tap , Indian army slang, from Deolali (the name of a town near Bombay) + Urdu tap fever.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.