MADHOUSE

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


Etymology

Noun

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



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