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madman

[mad-man, -muhn] Origin

mad·man

[mad-man, -muhn]
noun, plural -men [-men, -muhn] .
a person who is or behaves as if insane; lunatic; maniac.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English madd man. See mad, man1
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madman (ˈmædmən)
 
n , pl -men
a man who is insane, esp one who behaves violently; lunatic

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madman
late 14c., from mad + man (n.). One word from 16c.
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