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madchild

madchild noun: a child who is insane.

Noun

madchild (plural madchildren)

  1. A child who is insane.
    • Sitting on the bed surveying the damage, she begins to notice some order to the chaos. Perhaps this is not the act of a madman (or madchild) after all.1994, Murray Krantz, Child Development: Risk and Opportunity, →ISBN, page 297
    • The madhouse went down to the beach today - madmen, madwomen, madchildren - not to bathe, though the weather was perfect for bathing, but to welcome outcasts of every description from lands overseas.2000, Gad Hollander, Walserian waltzes, →ISBN, page 25

Forms of madchild

pluralmadchildren

Origin of madchild

From mad + child, by analogy to madman and madwoman.

Questions about madchild

What does madchild mean?
Madchild means a child who is insane.
What part of speech is madchild?
Madchild is a noun.
What is the plural of madchild?
The plural of madchild is madchildren.

Words near madchild in the dictionary

  1. madcap
  2. madcapperies
  3. madcappery
  4. madcaps
  5. Madchester
  6. madchild
  7. madchildren
  8. MaDCoWS
  9. madd
  10. madda
  11. maddah

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