bedlamite
Example Sentences
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The bedlamite replied, "The world said I was mad; I said the world was mad, and they outwitted me."
From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Lemon, Mark
Some of the men of the town said that the two pilgrims were outlandish and bedlamite men, but Hopeful took courage to reprove some of the foremost of the mob.
From Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Whyte, Alexander
It was a tangle of bedlamite ravings, with long screeds from the Scriptures intermixed like currants in a bag-pudding.
From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John
The simple countryman had heard of the bedlamite from Hamilton jail.
From International Short Stories American by Various
The question as to which is preferable thus resolves itself into a choice between common-sense and bedlamite folly.
From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by Cabell, James Branch
