premadness en · ADJ
Etymology
From pre- + madness.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Before the onset of madness.
Since Heracles is no longer sick, there is no reason he cannot be famous once again. Theseus is trying to restore Heracles to his heroic, premadness state, […]
2020, Craig Jendza, Paracomedy: Appropriations of Comedy in Greek Tragedy, page 80:For a detailed description of the city's premadness social and political structure, see Mackay/Gresbeck, 22–25.
2021, William L. Bernstein, The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups: