Meanings
nounmadman (plural madmen)
plural madmen
- A man who is insane or mentally disturbed.
raving madman
4 more examples
The villagers feared that the madman would return.
Only a madman would attempt such a dangerous climb.
dangerous madman
behave like a madman
Synonyms: basket case, basket weaver, crack, crackpot, crazy, crazyhead, dingbat, eccentric
- A person who makes risky and questionable decisions.
- A daredevil.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA man who is insane or mentally disturbed.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Germanic*ga-
- Proto-West Germanic*ga-
- Old Englishġe-
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
- Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*moyth₂-éye-ti
- Proto-Germanic*maidijaną
- Old English*mǣdan
- Old Englishġemǣdan, ġemǣded
- Middle Englishmad
- Proto-Indo-European*mon-
- Proto-Germanic*mann-
- Proto-West Germanic*mann
- Old Englishmann
- Middle Englishman
- Middle Englishmad-man
- Englishmadman
Inherited from Middle English mad-man. By surface analysis, mad + -man.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَعْتُوه, مَجْنُون
- مَعْتُوه (maʕtūh)an insane man
- مَجْنُون (majnūn)an insane man
- مُخَبَّل (muḵabbal)an insane man
- مَهْوُوس (mahwūs)an insane man
- مَمْسُوس (mamsūs)an insane man
Bengali পাগল
- পাগল (pagol)an insane man
Bulgarian луд, побъ́ркан
- луд (lud)an insane man
- побъ́ркан (pobắrkan)an insane man
Catalan boig
- boigan insane man
Chinese Mandarin 瘋子 /疯子, 狂人
- 瘋子 /疯子 (fēngzi)an insane man
- 狂人 (kuángrén)an insane man
- 瘋人 /疯人 (fēngrén)an insane man
Czech šílenec, blázen
- šílenecan insane man
- blázenan insane man
Danish galning
- galningan insane man
Dutch dolleman, gek
- dollemanan insane man
- gekan insane man
- krankzinnigan insane man
- waanzinnigan insane man
Esperanto frenezulo
- frenezuloan insane man
Estonian hullumeelne, hull
- hullumeelnean insane man
- hullan insane man
Finnish hullu, kuuhullu
- hulluan insane man
- kuuhulluan insane man
- mielipuolian insane man
French fou, insensé
- fouan insane man
- insenséan insane man
German Irrer, Wahnsinniger
- Irreran insane man
- Wahnsinnigeran insane man
- Verrückteran insane man
Greek τρελός
- τρελός (trelós)an insane man
Hindi दीवाना, पागल
- दीवाना (dīvānā)an insane man
- पागल (pāgal)an insane man
- पगला (paglā)an insane man
Hungarian bolond, őrült
- bolondan insane man
- őrültan insane man
Icelandic brjálæðingur
- brjálæðinguran insane man
Irish fear mire
- fear mirean insane man
Italian matto, pazzo
- mattoan insane man
- pazzoan insane man
Japanese 狂人, 気違い
- 狂人 (kyōjin)an insane man
- 気違い (kichigai)an insane man
Korean 광인, 미치광이
- 광인 (gwang'in)an insane man
- 미치광이 (michigwang'i)an insane man
Latin homo furiōsus, dēmēns
- homo furiōsusan insane man
- dēmēnsan insane man
Latvian ārprātīgais, neprātis
- ārprātīgaisan insane man
- neprātisan insane man
Lithuanian beprotis
- beprotisan insane man
Māori ō
- ōan insane man
Norwegian Bokmål galning
- galningan insane man
Polish szaleniec, psychol
- szaleniecan insane man
- psycholan insane man
- świran insane man
- szajbusan insane man
- świrusan insane man
- obłąkaniecan insane man
- pomyleniecan insane man
- popierdoleniecan insane man
- czubekan insane man
- oszołoman insane man
- pojebaniecan insane man
- wariatan insane man
Portuguese doido, louco
- doidoan insane man
- loucoan insane man
- malucoan insane man
Romanian nebun
- nebunan insane man
Russian безу́мец, сумасше́дший
- безу́мец (bezúmec)an insane man
- сумасше́дший (sumasšédšij)an insane man
- чо́кнутый (čóknutyj)an insane man
Slovak šialenec, blázon
- šialenecan insane man
- blázonan insane man
Spanish loco, trastronado
- locoan insane man
- trastronadoan insane man
Swahili chizi
- chizian insane man
Swedish dåre, galning
- dårean insane man
- galningan insane man
Tamil கிறுக்கு, பைத்தியம்
- கிறுக்கு (kiṟukku)an insane man
- பைத்தியம் (paittiyam)an insane man
- லூசு (lūcu)an insane man
Turkish hasta, deli
- hastaan insane man
- delian insane man
Ukrainian варія́т, безу́мець
- варія́т (variját)an insane man
- безу́мець (bezúmecʹ)an insane man
- божеві́льний (boževílʹnyj)an insane man
- шале́нець (šalénecʹ)an insane man
- божеві́лець (boževílecʹ)an insane man
Urdu دِیوانَہ, پاگَل
- دِیوانَہ (dīvāna)an insane man
- پاگَل (pāgal)an insane man
- پَگْلا (paglā)an insane man
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Cite this entry
APA
madman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/madman
MLA
“madman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/madman. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “madman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/madman.
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