Madhouse

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Madhouse \Mad"house`\, n.
     1. An house or institution where insane persons are confined;
        an insane asylum; a bedlam; -- usually used in a
        deprecatory sense.
  
     Syn: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny


          farm, funny house, insane asylum, loony bin, nuthouse,
          sanatorium.
          [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence: (fig.) A chaotic, raucus or highly disordered
        situation.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  madhouse
       n : pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: {Bedlam}, {booby
           hatch}, {crazy house}, {cuckoo's nest}, {funny farm}, {funny
           house}, {loony bin}, {nut house}, {nuthouse}, {sanatorium},
            {snake pit}]