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madness
('m/&/dn/I/s )

noun (n)

  • obsolete terms for legal insanity(noun.state)
    Synonym:
    insaneness, lunacy
    source: wordnet30
  • an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain(noun.state)
    source: wordnet30
  • a feeling of intense anger(noun.feeling)
    source: wordnet30
  • the quality of being rash and foolish(noun.cognition)
    source: wordnet30
  • unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    Poetry is a sort of divine madness.
    source: wordnet30
  • The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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