madness

noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about madness at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

1. Obsolete terms for legal insanity.
2. An acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain.
3. A feeling of intense anger.

   hell hath no fury like a woman scorned