noun
1. A crazy person.
At this hour of the night, any manner of bedlamite could be roaming the streets.
adjective
1. Crazy.
This logic makes Gnarls Barkley a bedlamite, possibly.
Synonyms: absurd, bonkers, cracked, crackers, crazed, crazy, crazy person, daffy, demented, deranged, foolish, fried, giddy, idiot, imbecile, insane, loon, lunatic, mad, maniac, mental case, nut case, nutty, psycho, ridiculous, that girl from work (you know the one), unbalanced, wacky, whack job, whacko.
* In a roundabout way, this word is rooted in Bethlehem. In Hebrew, bethlehem means: house of bread. In medieval London, the Catholic Order of St. Mary of Bethlehem founded such a house, called "Bethlehem," for the poor. The name of this house was gradually shortened in casual speech to bedlam. The house was gradually converted into a hospital for the mentally ill, so that bedlam became synonymous with a house of confusion and a bedlamite would be someone from such a place. Only the English language would link the birthplace of Jesus with insanity and confusion.
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