bedlamite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bedlamite
Example Sentences
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Across the street, char-marks marred the loading dock where local bedlamites built fires at night.
From The New Yorker
They could roll in the mud with crystal-wielding bedlamites in the vain hope of seeking "rebirth".
From The Guardian
Should the morally insane, by wise and gentle care, be won back to health, as the wretched bedlamites have been, will not the angels themselves give thanks?
From Project Gutenberg
It is with justice that the criminal scoffs at the good as bedlamites who, with fanatical delusion, strive for castles in the air.
From Project Gutenberg
He was hysterical bedlamite—unmanned man—raging tiger of jealousy ... all these things in one ... dreadful to see ... to hear....
From Project Gutenberg
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