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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


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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 Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

He was furious moreover at having been tricked, and meditated bedlamite plans of vengeance.

From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest

It isn’t my fault that they are associated with nothing better at the decisive moment than the banal splendours of a gilded café and the bedlamite yells of carnival in the street.

From The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Joseph Conrad

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 Louisa May Alcott

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 May Agnes Fleming

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