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Definition of Bedlam
1. Noun. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
Generic synonyms: Confusion
Specialized synonyms: Balagan
Derivative terms: Chaotic, Topsy-turvy
2. Noun. Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.
Generic synonyms: Asylum, Insane Asylum, Institution, Mental Home, Mental Hospital, Mental Institution, Psychiatric Hospital
Definition of Bedlam
1. n. A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse.
2. a. Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse.
Definition of Bedlam
1. Noun. A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bedlam
1. confusion [n -S] - See also: confusion
Medical Definition of Bedlam
1. 1. Pejorative colloquialism for a mental hospital or institution. 2. A place or scene of wild or riotous behaviour. 3. A disturbing uproar. Origin: corruption or contraction of St. Mary of Bethlehem Hospital in London (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedlam
Literary usage of Bedlam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry by Thomas Percy (1887)
"OLD TOM OF bedlam. MAD SONG THE FIRST. IT is worth attention, that the English
have more songs and ballads on the subject of madness than any of their ..."
2. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1849)
"Dekker shows that bedlam was an exhibition before the Reformation. But let us
meet At Bethlem monastery, As if we cnme to see the lunatics. ..."
3. A Pedlar's Pack of Ballads and Songs: With Illustrative Notes by William Hugh Logan, James Maidment (1869)
"It is there otherwise styled " New Mad Tom of bedlam," which would lead us to
surmise that it was not the first of the name. Before Playford's time, songs, ..."
4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"As we have no account of Whetstone, the poet, being in bedlam, I should rather
guess that ... Good Lord! how sharp you are, with being at bedlam yesterday! ..."
5. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury (1893)
"MODERN " bedlam", to which we now come in our progress over St. George's Fields,
... It is vulgarly styled " bedlam," by a corruption of " Bethlem," which ..."
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