Madwoman

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A woman who is insane or mentally disturbed.

    "but there seemed to be no reality in the whole scene except poor little Miss Flite, the madwoman, standing on a bench and nodding at it."

  2. 2
    a woman lunatic wordnet

Example

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"but there seemed to be no reality in the whole scene except poor little Miss Flite, the madwoman, standing on a bench and nodding at it."

Etymology

From mad + -woman.

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