madwoman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A woman who is insane or mentally disturbed.
    — but there seemed to be no reality in the whole scene except poor little Miss Flite, the madwoman, standing on a bench and nodding at it.

词形变化

madwomen plural

词源

Etymology tree
English mad
Proto-Germanic *wībą
Proto-West Germanic *wīb
Old English wīf
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Old English wīfmann
Middle English woman
Middle English -woman
English -woman
English madwoman
From mad + -woman.
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