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# madhouse

noun (madhouses) (old use)

«madhouse» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An old word for a hospital where people who were very ill in their minds were kept. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madhouse/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old stories, a place where a person with a sickness of the mind is looked after

### Examples

- "A madman," replies the keeper of the madhouse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madhouse/#x1)
- He dies in the madhouse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madhouse/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «madhouse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madhouse/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«madhouse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/madhouse.html) on Mova free.