bedlamite

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
17
Letters
9

Definition of bedlamite

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)A lunatic.
    “[S]he cursed him with the bitterest imprecations, and raved like a Bedlamite at the door, which she attempted to burst open.”
    “Upon coming to the edge of the outer surf, the man at the stern of our boat, steering with a long oar, began to stamp his feet and roar like a bedlamite […] .”
    “Cripps, bewildered at his friend's Bedlamite departure, stood staring helplessly after him with the ruined picture of Isaiah in his hand.”
    “Bradly stood listening to the old woman's squalling, resenting its note of febrile violence; its bedlamite insolence of old age.”

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Etymology

From bedlam + -ite, in reference to the Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, a former London institution for the insane.

Words you can make from bedlamite

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8-letter words

1 word

7-letter words

11 words

6-letter words

41 words

5-letter words

59 words

4-letter words

87 words

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1 extension · 1 back

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