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bedlamite

[ bed-luh-mahyt ]

/ ˈbɛd ləˌmaɪt /

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noun

an insane person; lunatic.

Origin of bedlamite

First recorded in 1615–25; bedlam + -ite¹

Words nearby bedlamite

bedim, bedivere, bedizen, bedlam, bedlamer, bedlamite, bedlamp, bedlight, bedlington, bedlington terrier, bedloe's island

Example sentences from the Web for bedlamite

Thus perished an ardent and learned youth, who ought only to have been condemned as a Bedlamite.

Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) |Isaac D'Israeli
Mollie paced up and down like a bedlamite, sobbing and scolding to herself, and quite broken down with one day's imprisonment.

The Unseen Bridgegroom |May Agnes Fleming
Diccon the Bedlamite, a half-mad mendicant, both knave and thief.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 |The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
Up the steep, narrow lane we ran with that bedlamite crowd at our heels.

Greenmantle |John Buchan

She dances like a bedlamite, Until the far horizon grows Big with sweet night, at last!

Charles Baudelaire, His Life |Thophile Gautier

British Dictionary definitions for bedlamite

bedlamite

/ (ˈbɛdləˌmaɪt) /

noun

archaic a lunatic; insane person