Difference between revisions of "Bedlam"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_91934" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_91934" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) An insane person; a lunatic; a madman. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) Any place where uproar and confusion prevail. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (a.) [[Belonging]] to, or fit for, a madhouse. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68909" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68909" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 16:54, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse.
(2): (n.) An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.
(3): (n.) Any place where uproar and confusion prevail.
(4): (a.) Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Originally a lunatic asylum in London, so named from the priory "Bethlehem" in Bishopsgate, first appropriated to the purpose, Bedlam being a corruption of the name Bethlehem.
