What does bedlamite mean?
Bedlamite means (obsolete) A lunatic..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A lunatic..
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 […] .
[S]he cursed him with the bitterest imprecations, and raved like a Bedlamite at the door, which she attempted to burst open.
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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Bedlamite means (obsolete) A lunatic..
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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 […] .
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