Bed"lam (?), n. [See Bethlehem.]
1.
A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse.
Abp. Tillotson.
2.
An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.
[Obs.]
Let's get the bedlam to lead him.
Shak.
3.
Any place where uproar and confusion prevail.
© Webster 1913.
Bed"lam, a.
Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse.
"The
bedlam, brainsick duchess."
Shak.
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