madwoman

English

Etymology

From mad +‎ -woman.

Noun

madwoman (plural madwomen)

1. A woman who is insane.

Quotations

• 1852–53: ... but there seemed to be no reality in the whole scene except poor little Miss Flite, the madwoman, standing on a bench and nodding at it. — Charles Dickens, Bleak House,

Translations

a woman who is insane

• Dutch: gekkin (nl) f, zottin (nl) f
• French: folle (fr) f
• German: Irre (de) f, Wahnsinnige (de) f, Verrückte f
• Italian: matta (it) f, pazza (it) f
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• Norman: folle f
• Portuguese: doida (pt) f, louca (pt) f, maluca (pt) f
• Russian: безу́мная (ru) f (bezúmnaja), сумасше́дшая (ru) f (sumasšédšaja)
• Spanish: loca (es) f