Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Mad as a Hatter

By some said to be a corruption of “Mad as an atter” (adder); but evidence is wanting. The word adder is atter in Saxon, natter in German.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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