Definition of Bedlamite

1. Noun. An archaic term for a lunatic.

Generic synonyms: Lunatic, Madman, Maniac

Definition of Bedlamite

1. n. An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman.

Definition of Bedlamite

1. Noun. (obsolete) A lunatic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bedlamite

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedlamite

bedirty
bedirtying
bedizen
bedizened
bedizening
bedizenment
bedizenments
bedizens
bedizzen
bedjacket
bedjackets
bedkey
bedkeys
bedlam
bedlamism
bedlamite (current term)
bedlamites
bedlamp
bedlamps
bedlams
bedlem
bedless
bedlessness
bedlight
bedlights
bedlike
bedlinen
bedlinens
bedload
bedmaker

Literary usage of Bedlamite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Sporting Magazine (1832)
"Woful Mare (brown) dam by Go- lumpus, out of a sister to Bening- brough — Herod — Matchem ; covered by bedlamite—7 yrs. old. 38. Pheasant (brown) by Bustard ..."

2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"bedlamite, ». A person who, having been put into Bethlehem as insane, liad, after a due time of trial, been discharged though not perfectly cured. ..."

3. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1827)
"bedlamite, 4 yrs, 2 yrs old -~ * old (J. Day) 1 Sister to Elizabeth, by Walton, 4 Sir. ... Gazebo, 4 yrs, 4 Five to 4 on Mulatto, and u to 2 agst bedlamite. ..."

4. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1894)
"THE BEAU AND THE bedlamite. [I have inserted these verses, as to the date of which I have no clue, close after The Passive ..."

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