Meaning of MADHOUSE
| Pronunciation: | | 'madhaûs
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| | Definition: | | [n] pejorative terms for an insane asylum |
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| | Synonyms: | | Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit |
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| | See Also: | | asylum, insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital | |
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| | Definition: | | Mad House
This is Simon`s personal account of growing up on Long Island in a middle-class family while suffering emotional and physical assaults from an older brother and sister, both of whom were diagnosed with schizophrenia. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mad"house`\, n.
A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum;
a bedlam.
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