English Explanatory Dictionary

bedlamite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lunatic.

Word forms

bedlamite bedlamites

Etymology

From bedlam + -ite, in reference to the Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, a former London institution for the insane.

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