madhouse

English

Etymology

mad +‎ house

Noun

madhouse (plural madhouses)

1. (obsolete) A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum
2. A place exhibiting stereotypical characteristics of such a house.

   This place is a madhouse.

Synonyms

• insane asylum
• mental hospital
• nuthouse
• nutfarm
• funny farm
• See also Wikisaurus:lunatic asylum

Translations

insane asylum

• Danish: galehus n
• Finnish: hullujenhuone (fi)
• Greek: τρελάδικο (el) n (treládiko), τρελοκομείο (el) n (trelokomeío), μουρλοκομείο (el) n (mourlokomeío)

• Ido: dementerio (io)
• Italian: manicomio (it) m
• Russian: дурдом (ru) m (durdom)

place resembling an insane asylum

• Danish: galehus n
• Finnish: hullujenhuone (fi)
• Greek: τρελάδικο (el) n (treládiko), τρελοκομείο (el) n (trelokomeío), μουρλοκομείο (el) n (mourlokomeío)

• Italian: manicomio (it) m
• Russian: дурдом (ru) m (durdom)