Madhouse

Mad′houseˊ

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Noun.

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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.

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Noun.

A house where insane persons are confined for cure or for restraint.

madhouse ‎(plural madhouses)

A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum
A place exhibiting stereotypical characteristics of such a house.
This place is a madhouse.

insane asylum

Finnish: hullujenhuone (fi)
Greek: τρελάδικο (el) n ‎(treládiko), τρελοκομείο (el) n ‎(trelokomeío), μουρλοκομείο (el) n ‎(mourlokomeío)

place resembling an insane asylum

Finnish: hullujenhuone (fi)
Greek: τρελάδικο (el) n ‎(treládiko), τρελοκομείο (el) n ‎(trelokomeío), μουρλοκομείο (el) n ‎(mourlokomeío)