noun. ['ˈmædnəs'] obsolete terms for legal insanity.
noun. ['ˈmædnəs'] unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm.
noun. ['ˈmædnəs'] the quality of being rash and foolish.
noun. ['ˈmædnəs'] a feeling of intense anger.
noun. ['ˈmædnəs'] an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain.