|
|
Definition of Madhouse
1. Noun. Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.
Generic synonyms: Asylum, Insane Asylum, Institution, Mental Home, Mental Hospital, Mental Institution, Psychiatric Hospital
Definition of Madhouse
1. n. A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam.
Definition of Madhouse
1. Noun. A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum ¹
2. Noun. A place exhibiting stereotypical characteristics of such a house. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Madhouse
1. an insane asylum [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Madhouse
Literary usage of Madhouse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sketches of Turkey in 1831 and 1832 by James Ellsworth De Kay (1833)
"madhouse—Condition of the Insane—Great Improvement—Hospital•— Aqueduct of
Valens—Still conducts Water, but in a different manner— Separate trading ..."
2. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll (1901)
"How it darkened the mind, hardened the heart, and poisoned life I It made the
Universe a madhouse presided over by an insane God. Think ! ..."
3. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1841)
"... Person or Lunatic in such licensed madhouse or public Hospital or public
Asylum, against the Parish which in the Opinion of the Sheriff would be liable, ..."
4. English Prose: Selections by Henry Craik (1895)
"... SIR LAUNCELOT IN THE madhouse So saying he retired, and our adventurer could
not but think it was very hard that one man should not dare to ask the most ..."
5. Hochelaga: Or, England in the New World by George Warburton (1851)
"THE CONVENT THE madhouse. DURING a winter visit to one of the Canadian towns, an
opportunity offered of my seeing the ceremony of the taking the black veil, ..."
Other Resources:
