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Definitions for: Bedlam [n] pejorative terms for an insane asylum
[n] a state of extreme confusion and disorder
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Bed"lam, a.
Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse. ``The bedlam, brainsick
duchess.'' --Shak.
Synonyms: booby hatch, chaos, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, pandemonium, sanatorium, snake pit, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness
See Also: asylum, balagan, confusion, insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital
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