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Webster 1913 Edition


Madman

Mad′man

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Madmen
.
A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.
When a man mistakes his thoughts for person and things, he is mad. A
madman
is properly so defined.
Coleridge.

Webster 1828 Edition


Madman

MAD'MAN

,
Noun.
A man raving or furious with disordered intellect; a distracted man.
1.
A man without understanding.
2.
One inflamed with extravagant passion, and acting contrary to reason.