madhouse
noun
a hospital for the confinement and treatment of mentally disturbed persons.
madhouses
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pluralof madhouse.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The burnt-orange and Sooner-red halves of the Cotton Bowl had alternated as madhouses.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2021
“The incarceration of freethinking healthy people in madhouses is spiritual murder,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2018
It would be a total madhouse but, remembering the previous total madhouses, you could go: OK, we just have to hold out for another 15 minutes and it will recede.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2013
Not at all, argued Klee in 1911; it was right under your modern nose -- in kindergartens and madhouses.
From Time Magazine Archive
His hearer had heard such laughter as that in madhouses.
From The Waters of Edera by Ouida
