Definitions | doolally tap |
| noun
- camp fever
- madness, eccentric, eccentricity
Etymology: from Deolali, a British army camp 100 miles north-east of Bombay where British soldiers would stay after finishing their tour of duty, to await transport back to Britain; and tap, a Persian or Urdu word for a malarial fever (ultimately from Sanskrit tapa, meaning "heat" or "torment")
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