madman

[ mad-man, -muhn ]

/ ˈmædˌmæn, -mən /

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noun, plural mad·men

[mad-men, -muhn]. /ˈmædˌmɛn, -mən/.

a person who is or behaves as if insane; lunatic; maniac.

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Origin of madman

First recorded in 1300–50, madman is from Middle English madd man. See mad, man

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How to use madman in a sentence

Being buried alive is a nightmare that ranks alongside masked chainsaw-wielding madmen and enormous tarantulas.
What It’s Like to Wake Up Dead|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Am I right and is that the way to talk, or has this become a game for madmen and am I one of them?
The Night Vince Lombardi Lay Awake Brooding Over a 49-0 Win|W.C. Heinz|January 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bad guests—a band of seducers, thieves, hapless slobs, and madmen—are thus at the foundation of our literature.
‘A Sustained Sense of Violation’: When Bad House Guests Invade Literature|Matt Seidel|July 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
So I was more right than I even knew when I wrote "A Confederacy of Madmen" the other day.
The House Vote and the Battle Cry of Freedom|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Negotiate like hell (or perhaps madmen), but at the end of the day, we're fighting to improve peoples' lives.
Much Ado about the Debt Ceiling|Justin Green|November 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Only first exchange that nightcap for some more appropriate covering, or we shall be taken for madmen.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens
In stage and wagon, on mule and horse, "riding and tying" sometimes, and even afoot came the rush of madmen.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine|John Fox, Jr.
Yet more similar are the speeches of the madmen with their horrible words, and those of fools with their mirthless puns.
Tolstoy on Shakespeare|Leo Tolstoy
The dispute grew warm, they came to blows, and fought like madmen.
The Arabian Nights|Unknown
I tell you that they are madmen, and that I will have no war.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844|Various

British Dictionary definitions for madman

madman

/ (ˈmædmən) /

noun plural -men

a man who is insane, esp one who behaves violently; lunatic

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