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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Examples
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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
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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
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"You are the madwoman from the German hospital who came here a week ago.
The New Magdalen Wilkie Collins 1856
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A defiant voice in the midst of a repressive era, she was mischaracterized as a madwoman and even a witch.
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A defiant voice in the midst of a repressive era, she was mischaracterized as a madwoman and even a witch.
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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'."
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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
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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
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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.'
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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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