semimadman

noun

semimadman

noun

Etymology From semi- + madman.

1

A man who is somewhat or partly mad.

James Flexner calls Hamilton “by far the most psychologically troubled of the founders,” even a “semimadman” at times—without wondering if this form of semimadness has a name.2008, John D. Gartner, The Hypomanic Edge, page 59:

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