Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

madchild

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mad-child
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A child who is insane.

Example Sentences

"Sitting on the bed surveying the damage, she begins to notice some order to the chaos. Perhaps this is not the act of a madman (or madchild) after all."
"The madhouse went down to the beach today - madmen, madwomen, madchildren - not to bathe, though the weather was perfect for bathing, but to welcome outcasts of every description from lands overseas."
"I felt an unusual detachment, an almost agnostic attitude toward the contest of giants that would turn New Orleans's Superdome into a vast asylum for madmen, madwomen and even madchildren."

Etymology

From mad + child, by analogy to madman and madwoman.

Inflected Forms

madchildren (plural)

Questions

What does madchild mean?: A child who is insane.
Where does madchild come from?: From mad + child, by analogy to madman and madwoman.

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