madden

present singular third person maddens · participle present maddening · participle past maddened · past maddened

1. transitiveTo make angry.
2. transitiveTo make insane; to inflame with passion.
3. intransitiveobsoleteTo become furious.

   And as he maddened at the thought, honest Fergus, too, forgot himself, and added in an excited strain, " I wish one end o' the hog's puddin' was sthuck in yer nose, you foolish craythur!"

   1870, John O'Hanlon, Irish folk lore, page 71

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   The rascal saw his advantage, and began a fierce harangue against the heretic strangers. As he maddened, his hearers maddened; the savage nature, capricious as a child's, flashed out in wild suspicion. Women yelled, men scowled, and ran hastily to their huts for bows and blow-guns.

   1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!, published 1898, page 353

plural Maddens · alternative Maden

1. countableuncountableA surname from Irish.
2. A place name:
   1. countableuncountableA small village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
   2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Rocky View County, Alberta, Canada.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Leake County, Mississippi, United States.