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 Mark Lemon
He gibbered at me like a bedlamite, but I knew what I was doing.
From Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan
I see now where the present bedlamite style of coiffure comes from.
From Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag by Louisa May Alcott
In another instant, I heard that of Susannah—the meek Susannah,—she too was among the curious to examine the features of the bedlamite, Archy Dargan.
From International Short Stories American by Various
Orphic odes" and "runes" of the bedlamite seer and bard of mystery "Who rides a beetle which he calls a 'sphinx.'
From Initial Studies in American Letters by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers