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单词 bedlamite
释义

bedlam /bedˈləm/

noun
  1. A place of uproar, a madhouse
  2. Pandemonium
  3. An asylum for lunatics (archaic)
  4. A madman (obsolete)
adjective

Fit for a madhouse

ORIGIN: From the priory St Mary of Bethlehem, in London, afterwards a madhouse (Bethlehem Royal Hospital)

bedˈlamism noun

Anything characteristic of madness

bedˈlamite noun

A madman

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