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madness

noun
/ˈmad.nəs/UK/ˈmæd.nəs/US/ˈmɛd.nɘs/

Etymology

From Middle English madnes, madnesse; equivalent to mad + -ness.

  1. inherited from madnes

Definitions

  1. The state of being mad

    The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.

    • Though this be madneſſe, / Yet there is Method in 't: […]
    • You were lonely for a man I said, "Take me as I am" 'Cause you might enjoy some madness for a while

  2. The state of being angry.

  3. Rash folly.

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Derived

canine madness, gluten-free madness, March Madness, method in the madness, method to one's madness, midsummer madness, moon madness, mulga madness, premadness, running madness, semimadness, that way madness lies

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at madness. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01madness02angry03painful04mental05frenetic06insane07insanity

A definitional loop anchored at madness. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at madness

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA