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Webster 1913 Edition
Madhouse
Mad′houseˊ
,Noun.
1.
An house or institution where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam; – usually used in a deprecatory sense.
Syn. – Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo’s nest, funny farm, funny house, insane asylum, loony bin, nuthouse, sanatorium.
Webster 1828 Edition
Madhouse
MAD'HOUSE
,Noun.