madhouse /ˈmædˌhaʊs/ noun2 •(figurative) A chaotic, uproarious, noisy place. •A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum.The palace, the night-cellar, the jail, the madhouse: the chambers of birth and death, of health and sickness, the rigid face of the corpse and the calm sleep of the child: midnight was upon them all. — 1838 formsmadhouses