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madman

[ mad-man, -muhn ]

noun

plural madmen
  1. a person who is or behaves as if insane; lunatic; maniac.


madman

/ ˈæ峾ə /

noun

  1. a man who is insane, esp one who behaves violently; lunatic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of madman1

First recorded in 1300–50, madman is from Middle English madd man. See mad, man
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I wouldn’t recommend the madman strategy for managing the global economy.

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“We enable him and we haven’t learned yet how to battle this stupidity. The country and the world is suffering from the whims of a madman.”

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His death comes ten years after the disappearance of his younger brother, Robert Maldera, another mafia boss reportedly nicknamed "the madman" by members of Grenoble's criminal underworld.

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This may well be deliberate - Donald Trump using the "madman" theory of foreign relations - often attributed to former Republican President Richard Nixon.

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Not only did she work with Murphy, perhaps television’s most reliable madman, but she collaborated with some of the most prestigious directors working today.

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