noun
obsolete terms for legal insanity
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noun
an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal)
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- rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
noun
a feeling of intense anger
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- hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
- his face turned red with rage
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the quality of being rash and foolish
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- trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly
- adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness
noun
unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm
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- poetry is a sort of divine madness