bedlamite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bedlamite
Example Sentences
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I see now where the present bedlamite style of coiffure comes from.
From Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag by Alcott, Louisa May
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 Scott, Walter, Sir
He was furious moreover at having been tricked, and meditated bedlamite plans of vengeance.
From Overland by De Forest, J. W. (John William)
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
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)
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