madness (madnes)

1. The state of being mad or distracted; insanity; lunacy. For as to him who Cotis did upbraid, And call'd his rigour madne , raging fits: Content thee, thou unskilful man, he said; My madne keeps my subjects in their wits. Daniel, Civil Wars, vii. And moody madne laughing wild Amid severest woe. Gray, Prospect of Eton College. 2. Headstrong pa ion or rashne ; ungovernable fury or rage; extreme folly. To lose myself upon no ground were madne , Not loyal duty. Fletcher (and another), False One, i. 2. Party is the madne of many for the gain of a few. Pope, Thoughts on Various Subjects. Madrepora pro lifer a. stone-corals, more or le exactly equivalent to Mad rep oraria. madreporal (mad're-pō-ral), a. [ Mad rep oraria (mad re-pō-rā'ri-ä), n.pl. [NL., Canine madne . See canine. - Midsummer mad-mad rep orarian (mad"rē-pō-rāʼri-an), a. and n. IMG:content-0052.png:[blocks in formation] Specifically Specifically-2. [ cap.] The Virgin Mary ("Our Lady"); hence, a picture representing the Virgin.-3. A kind of luster made in part of alpaca wool. Madonna medal, a small medal of silver, bra , or other metal, hung by a pilgrim about the neck of a statue of the Virgin and then preserved, serving as a sort of pilgrim's sign. Madonna-wise (ma-don'ä-wiz), adv. In the manner or fashion of the Madonna: applied to the arrangement of a woman's hair, in imitation of accepted representations of the Madonna, by parting it in the middle, and bringing it close and low over the temples. Locks not wide-dispread, Madonna - wise on either side her head. Tennyson, Isabel.