bedlamite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bedlamite
Example Sentences
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The question as to which is preferable thus resolves itself into a choice between common-sense and bedlamite folly.
From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by Cabell, James Branch
Doctor Slop, upon subjects divine, Such bedlamite slaver lets drop, Taat if Eady should take the mad line, He'll be sure of a patient in Slop.
From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael
After all, I reflected, the worst bedlamite must have food and shelter, and, unless the gleam had been a will-o'-the-wisp, I foresaw a fire.
From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John
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)
Mollie paced up and down like a bedlamite, sobbing and scolding to herself, and quite broken down with one day's imprisonment.
From The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week by Fleming, May Agnes
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