BEDLAM

Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit

(noun) pejorative terms for an insane asylum

chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness

(noun) a state of extreme confusion and disorder

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

bedlam (plural bedlams)

A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.

(obsolete) An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.

(obsolete) A lunatic asylum; a madhouse.

Anagrams

• ambled, balmed, beldam, blamed, lambed

Source: Wiktionary

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Bed"lam, n. Etym: [See Bethlehem.]

1. A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse. Abp. Tillotson.

2. An insane person; a lunatic; a madman. [Obs.] Let's get the bedlam to lead him. Shak.

3. Any place where uproar and confusion prevail.

Bed"lam, a.

Definition: Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse. "The bedlam, brainsick duchess." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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