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The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.

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  1. a. The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.
  2. a. Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly.
  3. n. obsolete terms for legal insanity
  4. n. 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
  5. n. a feeling of intense anger
  6. n. the quality of being rash and foolish
  7. n. unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm
  8. 1. The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy. 2. Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly. Syn. -- Insanity; distraction; derangement; craziness; lunacy; mania; frenzy; franticness; rage; aberration; alienation; monomania. See Insanity.
  9. n:100 n. unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm