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# madman

«madman» in Mova's school dictionary: **out of his mind, who behaves wildly and does not think…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (madmen)

### meaning for a pupil

A man who is out of his mind, who behaves wildly and does not think sensibly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madman/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a person who acts wildly or in a sudden rage, often when the hero is surprised

### examples

- Up jumped Marko the Rich like a madman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madman/#x1)
- "A madman," replies the keeper of the madhouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madman/#x2)
- "The old madman will take neither gold nor silver," said she. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madman/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.767/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «madman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.