bedlamite

  • 11bedlamite — /ˈbɛdləmaɪt/ (say bedluhmuyt) noun Obsolete an insane person …

  • 12bedlamite — noun an archaic term for a lunatic • Hypernyms: ↑lunatic, ↑madman, ↑maniac …

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  • 13Bethlehemite — Beth le*hem*ite, Bethlemite Beth lem*ite, n. 1. An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea. [1913 Webster] 2. An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite. [1913 Webster] 3. One of an extinct English order of monks. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 14Bethlemite — Bethlehemite Beth le*hem*ite, Bethlemite Beth lem*ite, n. 1. An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea. [1913 Webster] 2. An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite. [1913 Webster] 3. One of an extinct English order of monks. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 15Tom o' Bedlam — Tom o Bed lam Formerly, a wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospital, England; hence, a wandering mendicant, either mad or feigning to be so; a madman; a bedlamite. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 16Tom o' Bedlam — is the name of a critically acclaimed Part of the fascination of the Popular Ballads is their anonymity. Not even the best among them is quite of the eminence of the greatest anonymous lyrics in the language, Tom O Bedlam , first discovered in a… …

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  • 17Jack Lindsay — Robert Leeson Jack Lindsay (October 20 1900 1990) was an Australian born writer, who from 1926 lived in the United Kingdom, initially in Essex. He was born in Melbourne, but spent his formative years in Brisbane. He was the eldest son of Norman… …

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  • 18batty — Synonyms and related words: apish, asinine, balmy, bananas, barmy, bats, beany, bedlamite, befooled, beguiled, besotted, bonkers, brainless, buffoonish, buggy, bughouse, bugs, cockeyed, cracked, crackers, crazed, crazy, credulous, cuckoo, daffy,… …

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  • 19bonkers — Synonyms and related words: balmy, bananas, barmy, bats, batty, beany, bedlamite, brainsick, buggy, bughouse, bugs, crackbrained, crackers, cuckoo, daffy, dippy, dotty, flaky, flipped, freaked out, fruitcakey, fruity, gaga, goofy, haywire, just… …

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  • 20borderline case — Synonyms and related words: aliene, bedlamite, blind bargain, chance, contingency, crackbrain, crackpot, dement, demoniac, double contingency, energumen, fanatic, flake, fou, gamble, guess, idiot, kook, loon, loony, lunatic, madman, maniac,… …

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