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Definition of Madman

1. Noun. An insane person.

Definition of Madman

1. n. A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.

Definition of Madman

1. Noun. A male who is insane or mentally disturbed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Madman

1. a man who is insane [n MADMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Madman

Literary usage of Madman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chief Elizabethan Dramatists, Excluding Shakespeare by William Allan Neilson (1911)
"3 madman. I will lie with every woman in ray parish the tenth night. ... 'Л madman. Greek is turn'd Turk : we are only to be sav'd by the Helvetian ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"FIRST madman. You do give for your crest a woodcock's head with the brains picked out ... THIRD madman. Greek is turned Turk: we are only to be saved by the ..."

3. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes by Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist, John Payne Collier (1825)
"3 madman. I'll not give thee a spoonful! thou liest, it's no dragon ; 'tis a parrot, ... 2 madman. 76 Here's an almond for parrot. 3 madman. Hang thyself. ..."

4. Representative English Plays: From the Middle Ages to the End of the by John Strong Perry Tatlock, Robert Grant Martin (1916)
"I madman. You do give for your crest a wood-cock's head with the brains pickt ... 3 madman. Greek is turn'd Turk: we are only to be sav'd by the Helvetian ..."

5. The Trial of Theodore Parker: For the "misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil by Theodore Parker (1855)
"For B., who knoweth nothing of the poison, is in no fault, though he gave it to C. So if A. puts a sword into the hands of a madman, and bids him kill B. ..."

6. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"of deceiving a madman. He is also contrasting the nature of God and man. For God is Truth, but mankind can only be true by appearing sometimes to be partial ..."

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