Etymology

madness

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Today it means: The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease. Full definition →

Middle English madnes
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommadnes
  2. English todaymadness

From Middle English madnes, madnesse; equivalent to mad + -ness.

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