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Definition of Bedlamite
1. Noun. An archaic term for a lunatic.
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
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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