bedlamite

[ bed-luh-mahyt ]

noun

1. an insane person; lunatic.

bedlamite

/ ˈbɛdləˌmaɪt /

noun

1. archaic.
   a lunatic; insane person

Word History and Origins

Origin of bedlamite¹

First recorded in 1615–25; bedlam + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

Across the street, char-marks marred the loading dock where local bedlamites built fires at night.

From The New Yorker

They could roll in the mud with crystal-wielding bedlamites in the vain hope of seeking "rebirth".

From The Guardian

Should the morally insane, by wise and gentle care, be won back to health, as the wretched bedlamites have been, will not the angels themselves give thanks?

From Project Gutenberg

Christianity he pronounced the most irrational of all religions; church history a conglomeration of immorality, lies, hypocrisy, and fanaticism; prophets and apostles, bedlamites; and even Christ by no means a perfect pattern and teacher.

From Project Gutenberg

What!" cried the forester, "thou cursed, blasphemous wretch, is it thus that, with thy old bedlamite pranks, thou venturest to come into the society of honest Christians?

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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• freak
• looney
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