Dictionary Check: madness

"madness" is a valid word!

Scrabble 10 points
Words with Friends 12 points

Definition

noun

obsolete terms for legal insanity

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noun

an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain

noun

a feeling of intense anger

Example: "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"
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noun

the quality of being rash and foolish

Example: "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"
noun

unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm

Example: "poetry is a sort of divine madness"
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