madman
part of speech
noun (madmen)
meaning for a pupil
A man who is out of his mind, who behaves wildly and does not think sensibly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means a person who acts crazy. David once pretended to be one before King Achish. Interpretation: David's act of pretending to be mad helped him escape from the Philistines. Psalm 34 is said to remember this rescue. In the primary lessons: in tales, a person who acts wildly or in a sudden rage, often when the hero is surprised
examples
- As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death; (Writings PRO.26.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- Do I lack madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?' (Prophets 1SA.21.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- Up jumped Marko the Rich like a madman. tree →
- "A madman," replies the keeper of the madhouse. tree →
- "The old madman will take neither gold nor silver," said she. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «madman» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.