method to one's madness
method to one's madness noun: a well-thought-out reason for an individual's seemingly illogical behavior.
Noun
method to one's madness (usually uncountable, plural methods to one's madness)
- A well-thought-out reason for an individual's seemingly illogical behavior.
- Sometimes, I feel sure he is as mad as a hatter; and then, just as he is at his maddest, I find there is method in his madness.1920 October, Agatha Christie, “The Arrest”, in The Mysterious Affair at Styles […], New York, N.Y.; London: Grosset & Dunlap, published March 1927, page 218
- "Why is my child not reading in his own book? I bought the books—you see that he reads them!" talked to these parents and convinced them that there really was a "method to my madness". I wanted attractive pre-primers—small books with easy reading material – something to attract his attention to...1938, Henry John Otto, compiler, Changes in Classroom Teaching, 1936-1937: The Administrative Problems, W. K. Kellogg Foundation, page 15
Forms of method to one's madness
| plural | methods to one's madness |
|---|---|
| alternative form | method in the madness |
Questions about method to one's madness
- What does method to one's madness mean?
- Method to one's madness means a well-thought-out reason for an individual's seemingly illogical behavior.
- What part of speech is method to one's madness?
- Method to one's madness is a noun.
- What is the plural of method to one's madness?
- The plural of method to one's madness is methods to one's madness.
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