MAD  神經病狂

ILLNESS of the MIND.
INSANEMENTALLY ILLCERTIFIABLEDERANGEDDEMENTEDOF UNSOUND MINDOUT OF ONE'S MINDNOT IN ONE'S RIGHT MINDSICK IN THE HEADCRAZYCRAZEDLUNATICNON COMPOS MENTISUNHINGEDDISTURBEDRAVINGPSYCHOTICPSYCHOPATHICMAD AS A HATTERMAD AS A MARCH HAREINFORMAL CRAZYMENTALOFF ONE'S NUTNUTSNUTTYNUTTY AS A FRUITCAKENUTSOOFF ONE'S ROCKERNOT RIGHT IN THE HEADROUND/AROUND THE BEND(STARK) RAVING MADBATSBATTYBUGGYBONKERSDOTTYCUCKOOCRACKEDLOOPYLOONYBANANASLOCOSCREWYSCHIZOIDPSYCHOTOUCHEDGAGANOT ALL THERENOT RIGHT UPSTAIRSCRACKERSOUT OF ONE'S TREEMESHUGAWACKOGONZO(BE MAD) HAVE A SCREW LOOSEHAVE BATS IN THE/ONE'S BELFRY(GO MAD) LOSE ONE'S REASONLOSE ONE'S MINDTAKE LEAVE OF ONE'S SENSESLOSE ONE'S MARBLESCRACK UPINSANITYMENTAL ILLNESSDEMENTIADERANGEMENTLUNACYINSTABILITYMANIAPSYCHOSIS
Hypernym
  • ILLNESSTYPICALLY TEMPORARY DEFECT of the BODY OR MIND of HUMANS OR of the BODY of ANIMALS.
    • DEFECTBAD FEATURE in something GOOD OR LACK of a DESIRED GOOD FEATURE.
      • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
See also
  • CRAZYVOLUNTARILY DIFFERENT from CUSTOM.
    • STUPIDLACK APPROPRIATE INTELLIGENCE.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The most general word referring to anything insane or mad is kuáng 狂 (ant. ???: no notion of normality present). Importantly, this word also refers to inspired "madness" in the Greek sense of mainesthai "be raving" which is often used of inspired poets or thinkers. See CRAZY.

      2. Clinical lunacy or mental derangement is rarely referred to, but sometimes diān 顛 seems used to refer to this state..

      3. Stupidity bordering on insanity is chī 癡 (ant. mǐn 敏 "highly sensitive and clever").

      4. Utter confusion of mind bordering on insanity is sometimes referred to by the word huò 惑 (ant. míng 明 "be clear of mind, see things clearly"). See CONFUSED.

      Fēng 瘋 is post-Buddhist, although there are a few cases in which one suspects that 風 may be used to write 瘋.

      黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
      HUANG JINGUI 2006

      HUMAN BODY 10.

      狂，東漢以前，癲狂的通稱，東漢以後偏指狂，表現為妄動多怒之態。

      癲，唐以來多指神經顛倒錯亂，多表現為反常的喜笑之態。

      瘈，瘋狗咬人而至癲狂。

      痴，以呆傻愚笨為主癥之癲狂，多與 “ 狂 ” 連用。

      瘋，明清以來多表示精神失常，口語詞。

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      有神經病

      瘋

      狂

      痴

      癲

      狂亂

      瘋癲

      瘋瘋魔魔

      瘋魔

      發神經

      神經錯亂

      精神錯亂

      精神失常

      瘋瘋顛顛



      瘋子

      瘋人

      瘋漢

      痴子

      癲人

      狂人

      狂客

      神經病

      rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 17.23

      • Vocabulaire européen des philosophies. Dictionnaire des intraduisibles ( CASSIN 2004) p. 449

        FOLIE

      • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 62

        DEMENS, DELIRUS

        140. Fest., dict. Mente captum. Ipse Etymolog. lib. X, littera D.

        --Non., dict. Delirus, et ipse in Etymologiis.

        -- Sulcos. In Etymolog. additur: In quos omnis seges decurrit, quod cum minime verum sit, fortassis et illic ea verba tollenda, aut scribendum ex Non.: In quos omnis uligo decurrit.

        Ibid. Vat., sine mente defectus; delirus autem pro aetate. De verbis quae in Etymologiis adduntur post [col. 25D] dirigunt sulcos, dixi suo loco. [AREV.]

        ]

        140. Inter Dementem et aelirum. Demens est cujuscunque aetatis amens, et [ F., id est] sine mente, delirus autem per aetatem mente defectus: dictus autem ita, eo quod recto ordine, quasi lira, aberret. Lira enim est arationis genus, cum [ Al., cum qua] agricolae facta [ Al., jacta] semente dirigunt sulcos.

      • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 81

        INSANUS, INSANIENS

        297. Inter Insanum et insanientem. Insanus est qui [col. 41A] perpetuo animi furore tenetur; insaniens subito incitatus indignatione, vel ira.

        28I

        DEMENTIA, AMENTIA

        144. Lib. X Etymolog. littera D.

        ]

        144. Inter Dementiam et amentiam. Dementia temporale vitium est, amentia perpetuum. Dementia autem dicta, quasi diminutio mentis.

      • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

        MAD

        amentia is madness in the form of the absence of important mental functions.\

        dementia is madness in the form of active and energetic deviation.

        insanus refers to madness as state where one is deprived of good mental health.

        vesanus refers to madness as a depraved state of deluded deviation.

        excors refers to mental debilitation.

        vecors refers to obsessive mental perversion.

        furor refers to maniacal madness.

        rabies refers to babbling debilitated madness.

      • Traite elementaire des synonymes grecques ( DUFOUR 1910) p. 53

      • Woerterbuch der Philosophie. Neue Beitraege zu einer Kritik der Sprache ( MAUTHNER WP 1924) p.

      • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 173

      • Wahnsinn im China der spaeten Kaiserzeit bis in die 30er Jahre des 20. Jahrhunderts Muenchener Ostasiatische Studien ( MESSNER 2001) p.

      • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 2.1134

      • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 12.47

        WAHNSINN

      • Handbuch der lateinischen und griechischen Synonymik ( SCHMIDT 1889) p. 110

      • Histoire des moeurs ( POIRIER 1991) p. 3.767-824

      • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 331

      • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 537

      Words

      狂  kuáng OC: ɡʷaŋ MC: gi̯ɐŋ 12 Attributions

      The most general word referring to anything insane or mad is kuáng 狂 (ant. ???: no notion of normality present). Importantly, this word also refers to inspired "madness" in the Greek sense of mainesthai "be raving" which is often used of inspired poets or thinkers.

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 惑/MAD Utter confusion of mind bordering on insanity is sometimes referred to by the word huò 惑 (ant. míng 明 "be clear of mind, see things clearly"). See CONFUSED.
      • Assoc: 惑/CONFUSED The standard general word for any kind of confusion is huò 惑 (ant. qīng 清 "be unconfused and clear").
      • Synon: 痴 / 癡/MAD Stupidity bordering on insanity is chī 癡 (ant. mǐn 敏 "highly sensitive and clever").

      • Pulse Diagnosis in Early Chinese Medicine ( HSU 2010) p. 396

        Syntactic words
      • nabstativeinsanity; madness, craziness
      • v[adN]insane personCH
      • vadNinsane; mad
      • vadVinsanely; madly
      • vibe insane; be clinically crazy or mad; be intellectually malfunctioning
      • vipretendingpretend madnessCH
      瘋  fēng OC: plum MC: puŋ
      風  fēng OC: plum MC: puŋ 5 Attributions

      Clinical lunacy or mental derangement is fēng 瘋 and sometimes diān 顛.

        Syntactic words
      • nab.adNstativeof insanity
      • nabstativeinsanity
      • v[adN]nonreferentialmadman, idiot, insane person
      • vibe insane; be overeager
      狂惑  kuáng huò OC: ɡʷaŋ ɡʷɯɯɡ MC: gi̯ɐŋ ɦək 4 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nabmadnessLZ
      • NP[adN]N=hummad and confused people
      • VPimadLZ
      風顛  fēng diān OC: plum tiin MC: puŋ ten 4 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • VPadNmad, insane, crazy
      猖狂  chāng kuáng MC: tsyhang gjwang OC: thjaŋ ɡʷaŋCH 3 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • VPadVquite madly, all crazyCH
      • VPibe completely mad/insaneCH
      惑  huò OC: ɡʷɯɯɡ MC: ɦək 2 Attributions

      Utter confusion of mind bordering on insanity is sometimes referred to by the word huò 惑 (ant. míng 明 "be clear of mind, see things clearly"). See CONFUSED.

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 狂/MAD The most general word referring to anything insane or mad is kuáng 狂 (ant. ???: no notion of normality present). Importantly, this word also refers to inspired "madness" in the Greek sense of mainesthai "be raving" which is often used of inspired poets or thinkers.

        Syntactic words
      • nabpsychmental confusion; madness, mental derangement
      • vichangeget seriously confused or deranged
      顛  diān OC: tiin MC: ten
      癲  diān OC: tiin MC: ten 2 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • v[adN]nonreferentialdisoriented person; person behaving in a crazy way; lunatic
      • vicompletely disorientated (like someone whose body has been turned round and round), utterly confused
      狂者  kuáng zhě OC: ɡʷaŋ kljaʔ MC: gi̯ɐŋ tɕɣɛ 2 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPnonreferentiala madman
      痴  chī OC: thɯ MC: ʈhɨ
      癡  chī OC: khrlɯ MC: ʈhɨ 1 Attribution

      Stupidity bordering on insanity is chī 癡 (ant. mǐn 敏 "highly sensitive and clever").

        Word relations
      • Ant: 慧 / 惠/WISE Huì 慧 refers to profound wisdom and depth of insight.

        Syntactic words
      • nabpsychmadness
      • vimoronic, imbecile
      瘈  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 1 Attribution

      chì

        Syntactic words
      • vadNmad
      • vibe insane; mad
      駻  hàn OC: ɡaans MC: ɦɑn 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • viactgo wild (of horses)
      惑疾  huò jí OC: ɡʷɯɯɡ dzid MC: ɦək dzit 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • NPabstativemadness; acute bout of madness
      猘  zhì OC: kreds MC: kiɛi 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • vadN(of dogs) madCH
      狂夫  kuáng fú MC: gjwang bju OC: ɡʷaŋ baCH 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • v[adN]nonreferentialan insane person, a madmanCH
      猖  chāng OC: thjaŋ MC: tɕhi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions

        Syntactic words
      • vibe out of one's mind
      狂生  kuáng shēng OC: ɡʷaŋ sraaŋ MC: gi̯ɐŋ ʂɣaŋ 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPmadman; deluded intellectual???
      狂疾  kuáng jí OC: ɡʷaŋ dzid MC: gi̯ɐŋ dzit 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nabstativemadness MO: 有狂疾 "you must be mad!"
      癲狂  diān kuáng OC: tiin ɡʷaŋ MC: ten gi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPabpsychmadness (as a general category)
      癲癇  diān xián OC: tiin ɡreen MC: ten ɦɣɛn 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPabconceptmadness (as a general category, e.g. in Gujintushujicheng 古書圖書集成)
      狂易之病  kuáng yì zhī bìng OC: ɡʷaŋ leeɡs kljɯ bɢraŋs MC: gi̯ɐŋ jiɛ tɕɨ bɣaŋ 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nabfeaturemadness; mental derangement

      Existing SW for

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