loco, adj.
Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈləʊkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈloʊkoʊ/
Etymology: < Spanish loco mad, insane, crazy (13th cent.; implied earlier by locura madness (12th cent.)), related to Portuguese louco in the same meaning (13th cent.); further etymology uncertain and disputed. Compare locoed adj., and also loco n.3
colloq. orig. U.S. regional (west.).
Mad, insane, crazy; off one's head. Freq. in to go loco.
1852 V. S. Wortley Young Traveller's Jrnl. xx. 250 She said, she knew not what she did, but was ‘loco’ (mad) when we paid her a visit.
1887 Outing 10 7/1 You won't be able to do nuthin' with 'em, sir; they'll go plumb loco.
1904 J. Conrad Nostromo i. vi. 37 He was old, ugly, learned—and a little ‘loco’—mad, if not a bit of a sorcerer.
1922 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 167/2 Some of them would be loco over it.
1929 G. Ade Let. 8 Feb. (1973) 139 We have gone a little loco on shopping, because..prices seem low.
1934 R. Macaulay Going Abroad i. 13 The young people were, so far as anyone could judge, completely loco.
1965 D. Francis Odds Against 124 He'd been quietly going loco and making hopeless decisions.
2003 National Post(Toronto) 3 June al2/4 It was at the MacKay party..where political animals actually went loco on the dance floor.
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