Etymology dictionary. 2014.
Doolally — or Dolally may refer to: Deolali, India, former site of a British Army transit camp. The Deolali transit camp itself. Doolally , originally doolally tap , meaning to lose ones mind , derived from the boredom felt at the Deolali British Army… … Wikipedia
doolally — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ temporarily insane. ORIGIN from Indian army slang doolally tap, from Deolali (a town near Bombay) + Urdu tap fever … English terms dictionary
doolally — /doo lalˈi/ (slang) adjective 1. Mentally unbalanced 2. Crazy ORIGIN: Deolali, a town near Mumbai … Useful english dictionary
Doolally — Shanks Bigfoot war der Name eines britischen Musikprojekts, bestehend aus Steven Meade und Danny Langsman. Bekannt wurde das Duo durch den Titel Sweet Like Chocolate, der im Frühjahr 1999 zwei Wochen lang in den britischen Singlecharts die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
doolally — Scottish Vernacular Dictionary To appear visibly upset or mentally unhinged Example: Ah jist saw yir maw an she s goin doolally! … English dialects glossary
doolally — [du: lali] adjective Brit. informal temporarily insane. Origin 1920s: orig. doolally tap, Ind. army sl., from Deolali (a town near Bombay) + Urdu tap fever … English new terms dictionary
doolally — Adj. Mad, crazy, insane. A shortening of doolally tap, a madness that afflicted British soldiers in Deolali, India. There s speculation as to whether the soldiers went mad whilst stationed there, awaiting the troop ship home, or that they were… … English slang and colloquialisms
doolally — UK [duːˈlælɪ] / US [duˈlælɪ] adjective British informal crazy Have you gone completely doolally? … English dictionary
doolally — adjective /duːˈlali/ insane, mad or eccentric … Wiktionary
doolally — doo|lal|ly [du:ˈlæli] adj BrE spoken [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Deolali, name of an Indian town where there was a British army camp] crazy … Dictionary of contemporary English
