bedlamite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bedlamite
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
Left to herself, Saxon worked with frantic haste, assuming the calm she did not possess, but which she must impart to the screaming bedlamite upon the floor.
From The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack
He gibbered at me like a bedlamite, but I knew what I was doing.
From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John
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