Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A woman who is or seems to be mentally ill.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a woman lunatic.

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  • noun A woman who is insane.

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  • noun a woman lunatic

Etymologies

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mad +‎ woman.

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Examples

  • The tile I have been freecycling like a madwoman is out by the fence, by the couch, and in the car.

    Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: August 2005 Archives 2005

  • The tile I have been freecycling like a madwoman is out by the fence, by the couch, and in the car.

    Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: The Housemate Hunt Begins in Earnest 2005

  • "You are the madwoman from the German hospital who came here a week ago.

    The New Magdalen Wilkie Collins 1856

  • A defiant voice in the midst of a repressive era, she was mischaracterized as a madwoman and even a witch.

    The Fiery Spirit Of Carmen Mondragon 2005

  • A defiant voice in the midst of a repressive era, she was mischaracterized as a madwoman and even a witch.

    The Fiery Spirit Of Carmen Mondragon 2005

  • She is "imprisoned - speechless - in the windowless attic room at Thornfield, a tempting human 'enigma'; clearly the so-called madwoman demonstrates what Leo Kanner identifies as 'disturbances of affective contact'."

    Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums 2009

  • However, its interest to scholars - who, following the manuscript's purchase by La Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits in Paris, will be able to study the work - is not proportionate to its size. 's 19 pages is a vivid tale of murder and madness entitled "A Letter from Lord Charles Wellesley", which includes an episode prefiguring one of the most famous scenes in fiction: when Jane Eyre's Bertha - the so-called "madwoman in the attic" - sets fire to her husband Mr Rochester's bed.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Stephanie Cross 2011

  • However, its interest to scholars - who, following the manuscript's purchase by La Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits in Paris, will be able to study the work - is not proportionate to its size. 's 19 pages is a vivid tale of murder and madness entitled "A Letter from Lord Charles Wellesley", which includes an episode prefiguring one of the most famous scenes in fiction: when Jane Eyre's Bertha - the so-called "madwoman in the attic" - sets fire to her husband Mr Rochester's bed.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Stephanie Cross 2011

  • What this 47 year old woman can do is take responsibility for not letting her inner 'madwoman' ruins her day by what cognitive behaviorist Aaron Beck has dubbed 'catastrophizing.'

    Dr. Cara Barker: The Problem With Fear 2009

  • Grossman mentioning the "madwoman" who suggested to her that nothing should be read in translation at the graduate level ...

    The Elegant Variation: TEV 2007

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