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bedlamite

American  
[bed-luh-mahyt] / ˈbɛd ləˌmaɪt /

noun

  1. an insane person; lunatic.

bedlamite British  
/ ˈbɛdləˌmaɪt /

noun

  1. archaic a lunatic; insane person

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of bedlamite

First recorded in 1615–25; bedlam + -ite 1

Example Sentences

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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 Whyte, Alexander

I had been captured as the stray bedlamite from Hamilton jail.

From International Short Stories American by Various

Orphic odes" and "runes" of the bedlamite seer and bard of mystery   "Who rides a beetle which he calls a 'sphinx.'

From Initial Studies in American Letters by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

Up the steep, narrow lane we ran with that bedlamite crowd at our heels.

From Greenmantle by Buchan, John

It turned out we were to see more of Landrecies than we expected; for the weather next day was simply bedlamite.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

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