madness in English: Crazy or very foolish behaviour; the state of being mad. (noun)

Translation

Crazy or very foolish behaviour; the state of being mad.

Word origin

From mad plus the ending -ness; mad comes from Old English gemaed, meaning out of one's mind.

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Here it means a very foolish thing to do.

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Here it points to a mind that is not working normally.

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It is madness to do something is a very common pattern.

crazy

Very silly or strange, or not sensible.

mad

Very angry. It can also mean not thinking in a normal, sensible way.

wild

Living or growing in nature, not kept or looked after by people.

fool

A person who does silly things or who does not think before acting.

mind

The part of a person that thinks, feels and remembers.

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