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Mad"ness, n. [From Mad,
a.] 1. The condition of being
mad; insanity; lunacy.

2. Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme
folly.

Syn. -- Insanity; distraction; derangement; craziness;
lunacy; mania; frenzy; franticness; rage; aberration; alienation;
monomania. See Insanity.

Ma*don"na (?), n. [It. madonna
my lady. See Dame, Donna, and cf. Madame,
Monkey.] 1. My lady; -- a term of address
in Italian formerly used as the equivalent of Madame, but for
which Signora is now substituted. Sometimes introduced into
English. Shak.

2. [pl. Madonnas (n&adot;z).] A
picture of the Virgin Mary (usually with the babe).

The Italian painters are noted for drawing the
Madonnas by their own wives or mistresses.

||Ma"do*qua (?), n. (Zoöl.)
A small Abyssinian antelope (Neotragus Saltiana), about
the size of a hare.


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