definition of
[madness]

[1] #1 madness n. [lunacy, insaneness] obsolete terms for legal insanity. wn

[2] #2 madness n. [rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa] 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. wn

[3] #3 madness n. [fury, rage] a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage". wn

[4] #4 madness n. [folly, foolishness, craziness] the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness". wn

[5] #5 madness n. [rabidity, rabidness] unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm; "poetry is a sort of divine madness". wn