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
He gibbered at me like a bedlamite, but I knew what I was doing.
From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John
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 Conrad, Joseph
He was furious moreover at having been tricked, and meditated bedlamite plans of vengeance.
From Overland by De Forest, J. W. (John William)
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
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