Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bedlam"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bedlam \Bed"lam\, n. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bedlam \Bed"lam\, a.
Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse. ``The bedlam, brainsick
duchess.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bedlam
n 1: a state of extreme confusion and disorder [syn: {chaos}, {pandemonium},
{topsy-turvydom}, {topsy-turvyness}]
2: pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: {Bedlam}, {booby
hatch}, {crazy house}, {cuckoo's nest}, {funny farm}, {funny
house}, {loony bin}, {madhouse}, {nut house}, {nuthouse},
{sanatorium}, {snake pit}]
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