madding — ONAD

madding /ˈmadiNG, ˈmædɪŋ

▸ adjective literary

1 acting madly; frenzied:

observe the madding motion of his eyes.

2 maddening:

o thou cruel of heart, thou madding worker of anguish.

– PHRASES
far from the madding crowd
secluded or removed from public notice:

set out for the picturesque rural resort and spend a day or two far from the madding crowd.

[from Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard, by the English poet Thomas Gray (1716–71); also the title of one of Thomas Hardy's novels.]