madhouse
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madhouse
- /ˈmædˌhaʊs/ US
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From mad + house.
noun madhouses
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A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum.
The palace, the night-cellar, the jail, the madhouse: the chambers of birth and death, of health and sickness, the rigid face of the corpse and the calm sleep of the child: midnight was upon them all.
Similar: insane asylum, mental hospital, bedlam, bin, booby-hatch, booby house, bughouse, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, happy hotel, laughing academy
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Every language
noun insane asylum
| Español | manicomio |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 瘋人院 /疯人院 fēngrényuàn |
| Português | manicómio, manicômio |
| Deutsch | Irrenhaus, Irrenanstalt, Klapsmühle |
| Italiano | manicomio |
| Ελληνικά | τρελάδικο treládiko, τρελοκομείο trelokomeío, μουρλοκομείο mourlokomeío |
| Русский | дурдом durdom |
noun place resembling an insane asylum
| Español | manicomio |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 瘋人院 /疯人院 fēngrényuàn |
| Português | manicomio |
| Deutsch | Tollhaus |
| Italiano | manicomio, gabbia di matti |
| Ελληνικά | τρελάδικο treládiko, τρελοκομείο trelokomeío, μουρλοκομείο mourlokomeío |
| Română | balamuc |
| Русский | дурдом durdom |
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