n.
Pronunciation: ' bed-l ə m
Function: noun
Etymology: Bedlam, popular name for the Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, London, an insane asylum, from Middle English Bedlem Bethlehem
Date: 1522
1 obsolete : MADMAN , LUNATIC
2 often capitalized : a lunatic asylum
3 : a place, scene, or state of uproar and confusion
– bedlam adjective