madwoman

English

Etymology

From mad +‎ -woman.

Noun

madwoman (plural madwomen)

  1. A woman who is insane.
    • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
      but there seemed to be no reality in the whole scene except poor little Miss Flite, the madwoman, standing on a bench and nodding at it.

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