Definitions for madhouseˈmædˌhaʊs; -ˌhaʊ zɪz

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

mad•houseˈmædˌhaʊs; -ˌhaʊ zɪz(n.)(pl.)-hous•es

  1. a hospital for the mentally disturbed.

  2. a disorderly, often noisy place.

Origin of madhouse:

1680–90

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit(noun)

    pejorative terms for an insane asylum

Wiktionary

  1. madhouse(Noun)

    A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum

  2. madhouse(Noun)

    A place exhibiting stereotypical characteristics of such a house.

    This place is a madhouse.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Madhouse(noun)

    a house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam


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