madperson
madperson noun: a madman or madwoman.
Noun
madperson (plural madpersons or madpeople)
- A madman or madwoman.
- If they had been produced in the 1950s, the producers of such cultural texts (as well as those who consume them) would certainly have been judged either madpersons or geniuses.1992, Lawrence Grossberg, We Gotta Get Out of This Place, page 212
- Specifically, it was during the Classical period that madpersons and criminals came to be confined in large numbers — in a sense, analyzed out of society at large, organized into prisons (as knowledge is organized into tables)[…]2000, Patrick Colm Hogan, Philosophical Approaches to the Study of Literature, page 182
Forms of madperson
| plural | madpersons |
|---|---|
| plural | madpeople |
Origin of madperson
From mad + person.
Questions about madperson
- What does madperson mean?
- Madperson means a madman or madwoman.
- What part of speech is madperson?
- Madperson is a noun.
- What is the plural of madperson?
- The plural of madperson is madpersons.
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