bedlamite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bedlamite
Example Sentences
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He was furious moreover at having been tricked, and meditated bedlamite plans of vengeance.
From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest
The devil take the bedlamite old woman," said the counsellor; "will she not let things take their course, prout de lege, but must always be putting in her oar in her own way?—Then,
From Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott
Some of the men of the town said that the two pilgrims were outlandish and bedlamite men, but Hopeful took courage to reprove some of the foremost of the mob.
From Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Alexander Whyte
It isn’t my fault that they are associated with nothing better at the decisive moment than the banal splendours of a gilded café and the bedlamite yells of carnival in the street.
From The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Joseph Conrad
The bedlamite replied, "The world said I was mad; I said the world was mad, and they outwitted me."
From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Mark Lemon
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