Bedlamite

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A lunatic. obsolete

    "[S]he cursed him with the bitterest imprecations, and raved like a Bedlamite at the door, which she attempted to burst open."

  2. 2
    an archaic term for a lunatic wordnet

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"[S]he cursed him with the bitterest imprecations, and raved like a Bedlamite at the door, which she attempted to burst open."

Etymology

From bedlam + -ite, in reference to the Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, a former London institution for the insane.

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