Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit
(noun) pejorative terms for an insane asylum
Source: WordNet® 3.1
madhouse (plural madhouses)
(obsolete) A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum.
Synonyms: insane asylum, mental hospital, Thesaurus:mental hospital
(by extension) A chaotic place.
Source: Wiktionary
Mad"house`, n.
Definition: A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
