adj. Crazy, mad, strangely behaving; especially as attributed to hot weather.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ad. Too much.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In music, too much; excessively.
Word Usage
""Oh, not a great deal more than a smattering," he replied airily -- a truthful answer, inasmuch as a vocabulary consisting simply of _ "quanty costy" _ and _ "troppo" _ cannot be seriously considered much more than a smattering."