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单词 madness
释义 mad·ness
noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English maddnesse, from madd mad + -nesse -ness — more at mad
1. : the quality or state of being mad: as
 a. : insanity
  < undergoes a period of madness in a mental hospital — W.E.Allen >
 b. : extreme folly : rashness
  < to grant such a demand would be strategic madness — H.W.Baldwin >
 c. : intense anger : rage
  < his editorials … often goaded the opposition to madness — W.E.Smith >
 d. : complete involvement in or concern with the pursuit of an object or activity
  < trivial by-products of her age's industrial madness — Sherwood Anderson >
 e. : ecstasy, enthusiasm
  < poetry has nothing to do with reasoning but is a sort of divine madness — Irving Babbitt >
2. : any of several ailments of animals (as dogs) marked by frenzied or irrational behavior; specifically : rabies
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