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bedlamite

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from בֵּית לֶחֶם
  2. derived from Βηθλεέμ
  3. suffixed as bedlamite — “bedlam + ite”

Definitions

  1. A lunatic.

    • [S]he cursed him with the bitterest imprecations, and raved like a Bedlamite at the door, which she attempted to burst open.
    • Upon coming to the edge of the outer surf, the man at the stern of our boat, steering with a long oar, began to stamp his feet and roar like a bedlamite […] .
    • Cripps, bewildered at his friend's Bedlamite departure, stood staring helplessly after him with the ruined picture of Isaiah in his hand.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA