Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man who is or seems to be mentally ill.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man who is insane; a distracted man; a lunatic; a crazy person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A male who is
insane or mentally disturbed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an insane person
Etymologies
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Examples
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_you look like a madman, you talk like a madman_: _Is your madness real, or have you any secret design in it_?
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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And if the madman is the one trying in his own twisted way to save the world from itself?
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"The only difference between me and a madman is the fact that I am not mad"
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And if the madman is the one trying in his own twisted way to save the world from itself?
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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Putin has your head spinning, the people of Iran are begging for us to help them while the madman is making a nuclear bomb, Israel is being throw to the wolves, terrorist are laughing at you, and China owns you.
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Does anyone know what this madman is jibbering about?
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Does anyone know what this madman is jibbering about?
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Yet here you are, spouting and fuming as wildly as any madman from the desert about what shall happen to you when you are dead.
Chapter 17 2010
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A drunken madman is harder to believe than reasoned, lucid one.
The Tail Section » Theory Time - Rite Aid Confirms Christian Shephard Alive 2007
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The madman from the middle east, the man who blew up airlines over Scottland is now the US best buddy.
Think Progress » Breaking: Speaker Hastert Under Investigation By the FBI Over Abramoff Ties 2006
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