madwoman

madwoman

English

Etymology

From mad +‎ -woman.

Noun

madwoman (plural madwomen)

1. A woman who is insane.

Quotations

• 1852–53: ... 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. — Charles Dickens, Bleak House,

Translations

a woman who is insane

Dutch: gekkin (nl) f, zottin (nl) f French: folle (fr) f German: Irre (de) f, Wahnsinnige (de) f, Verrückte f Italian: matta (it) f, pazza (it) f

Norman: folle f Portuguese: doida (pt) f, louca (pt) f, maluca (pt) f Russian: безу́мная (ru) f (bezúmnaja), сумасше́дшая (ru) f (sumasšédšaja) Spanish: loca (es) f