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madwoman

noun [C] (STRANGE WOMAN)
 
 
/ˈmædˌwʊm.ən/ (plural -women /-wɪmɪn/ ) disapproving

Definition

a woman who behaves in a very strange and uncontrolled or dangerous wayOf unsound mindStupid and sillyMental and psychiatric disorders
(Definition of madwoman noun (STRANGE WOMAN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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