bedlamite

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A lunatic. obsolete
    — [S]he cursed him with the bitterest imprecations, and raved like a Bedlamite at the door, which she attempted to burst open.

词形变化

bedlamites plural

词源

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