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Units related to: “madness”
deliri-
(Latin: madness; crazy, rave, deranged; literally, to go off the furrow; from delirare, "to turn aside from the furrow", whence arose the meanings "to deviate, to become deranged, to be crazy, or to be delirious")
lysso-, lyss-, lyssa-, lytta-
(Greek: madness, fury, rage, frenzy; relationship to rabies)
mania-, -mania, -maniac, -maniacal, -manic, -manically, -maniacally
(Greek: a specific mental disorder or obsessive preoccupation with something; madness, frenzy; obsession, or abnormal desire for or with something or someone; also, an excessive enthusiasm or fondness for something that is not safe or advantageous)
rab-, rag-, rav-
(Latin: madness, to be mad; to rave, to be furious)
Word Entries at Get Words: “madness”
madness (s) (noun), madnesses (pl)
1. A condition of severe mental illness: The girl's parents suffered a series of tragedies that almost drove them to madness.
2. Behavior or thinking which is very dangerous or foolish: The teenager was thought to be at the height of madness when he was driving so fast through the city streets.
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