BEDLAM


Meaning of BEDLAM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbed-ləm ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.