manicómio

See also: manicomio and manicômio

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Based on nosocómio (“hospital”), from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon), replacing νόσος (nósos, “disease”) with μανίᾱ (maníā, “madness”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧có‧mi‧o

Noun

manicómio m (plural manicómios) (European Portuguese spelling)

  1. (now offensive) insane asylum, lunatic asylum, mental hospital
    Synonyms: hospício, (offensive) frenocómio, hospital psiquiátrico, (Portugal) rilhafoles
  2. madhouse (all senses)
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