bedlamite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bedlamite
Example Sentences
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The simple countryman had heard of the bedlamite from Hamilton jail.
From International Short Stories American by Various
It was a tangle of bedlamite ravings, with long screeds from the Scriptures intermixed like currants in a bag-pudding.
From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John
Doctor Slop, upon subjects divine, Such bedlamite slaver lets drop, Taat if Eady should take the mad line, He'll be sure of a patient in Slop.
From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael
In another instant, I heard that of Susannah—the meek Susannah,—she too was among the curious to examine the features of the bedlamite, Archy Dargan.
From International Short Stories American by Various
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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