madman

See also: mad man

English

Etymology

mad +‎ -man

Pronunciation

BrEn / RP [ˈmædmən]
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Noun

madman (plural madmen)

A male who is insane or mentally disturbed.

Usage notes

Not a medical term.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:mad person

Related terms

madwoman, madwomen

Translations

An insane man

Catalan: boig (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 瘋子 (zh), 疯子 (zh) (fēngzi), 狂人 (zh) (kuángrén), 瘋人 (zh), 疯人 (zh) (fēngrén)
Dutch: dolleman (nl) m, gek (nl) f, krankzinnige (nl) f, waanzinnige (nl) f
Esperanto: frenezulo n
French: fou (fr) m, insensé (fr) m
Galician: tolo m, louco m
German: Irrer (de) m, Wahnsinniger (de) m, Verrückter m
Italian: matto (it) m, pazzo (it) m
Japanese: 狂人 (ja) (きょうじん, kyōjin)

Latin: homo furiōsus m, dēmēns m (figurative)
Latvian: ārprātīgais m, neprātis m
Maori: ō
Norman: fo m
Polish: szaleniec (pl) m, psychol (pl) m (pejorative), świr (pl) m (pejorative), szajbus (pl) m (pejorative), świrus m (pejorative), obłąkaniec m, pomyleniec m, postrzeleniec (pl) m (expressive), popierdoleniec (pl) m (vulgar), jebnięty (vulgar)
Portuguese: doido (pt) m, louco (pt) m, maluco (pt) m
Russian: безу́мец (ru) m (bezúmec), сумасше́дший (ru) m (sumasšédšij), (colloquial) чо́кнутый (ru) m (čóknutyj)
Spanish: loco (es) m
Swahili: chizi (sw)
Swedish: dåre (sv) c, galning (sv) c

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