Well attestedNamed from the place
doolally
adjective · first attested 20th century
The word for losing it comes from a transit camp in Maharashtra.
Out of one's mind, temporarily or otherwise.
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- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 20th century
- Part of speech
- adjective
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Deolali
- In English
doolally
British soldiers waiting at Deolali for passage home coined the phrase doolally tap for the state it induced. English kept the place and dropped the rest.
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