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Webster 1913 Edition

Bedlamite

Bed′lam-ite

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Noun.
An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman.
“Raving bedlamites.”
Beattie.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bedlamite

BED'LAMITE

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Noun.
An inhabitant of a madhouse, a madman.

Definition 2024

bedlamite

bedlamite

English

Noun

bedlamite ‎(plural bedlamites)

  1. (obsolete) A lunatic.

Etymology

From bedlam, Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, a former London institution for the insane.

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