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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
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
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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