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bedlamites

bedlamites is the plural of bedlamite.

Meaning of bedlamite

Noun

bedlamite (plural bedlamites)

  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.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Questions about bedlamites

What is bedlamites the plural of?
Bedlamites is the plural of bedlamite.

Words near bedlamites in the dictionary

  1. bedlamic
  2. bedlamish
  3. bedlamism
  4. bedlamisms
  5. bedlamite
  6. bedlamites
  7. bedlamitic
  8. bedlamitical
  9. bedlamize
  10. bedlamized
  11. bedlamizes

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