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premadness

premadness adjective: before the onset of madness.

Adjective

premadness (not comparable)

  1. Before the onset of madness.
    • Since Heracles is no longer sick, there is no reason he cannot be famous once again. Theseus is trying to restore Heracles to his heroic, premadness state, […]2020, Craig Jendza, Paracomedy: Appropriations of Comedy in Greek Tragedy, page 80
    • For a detailed description of the city's premadness social and political structure, see Mackay/Gresbeck, 22–25.2021, William L. Bernstein, The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups

Origin of premadness

From pre- + madness.

Questions about premadness

What does premadness mean?
Premadness means before the onset of madness.
What part of speech is premadness?
Premadness is an adjective.

Words near premadness in the dictionary

  1. premachined
  2. premachines
  3. premachining
  4. premacular
  5. premade
  6. premadness
  7. premafloxacin
  8. premail
  9. premailed
  10. premailing
  11. premails

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