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
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
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
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
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
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