madness

nouns

obsolete terms for legal insanity

is derived from

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

hydrophobia, lyssa, madness, rabies

a feeling of intense anger

"hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"

fury, madness, rage

is derived from

mad

the quality of being rash and foolish

"trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness"

craziness, folly, foolishness, madness

is derived from

mad

unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm

"poetry is a sort of divine madness"

madness, rabidity, rabidness

is derived from

mad