Madchild

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A child who is insane.

    "Sitting on the bed surveying the damage, she begins to notice some order to the chaos. Perhaps this is not the act of a madman (or madchild) after all."

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"Sitting on the bed surveying the damage, she begins to notice some order to the chaos. Perhaps this is not the act of a madman (or madchild) after all."

Etymology

From mad + child, by analogy to madman and madwoman.

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