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    Patwa headword

    Mad-blood

    /MAD-blud/

    Noun
    Gloss
    "High blood pressure / Anger"
    Definition
    A state of intense anger, or culturally associated with high blood pressure acting up.
    Example
    "Nuh make mi mad-blood boil."
    Origin
    Cultural medical/emotional term.

    As an everyday term, Mad-blood is one you'll likely come across in real Jamaican speech. Try the Jamaican Patois translator to see it in a sentence, or head back to the lexicon index for more words like it.