bedlamite
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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
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
The simple countryman had heard of the bedlamite from Hamilton jail.
From International Short Stories American by Various
He gibbered at me like a bedlamite, but I knew what I was doing.
From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John
Doctor Slop, upon subjects divine, Such bedlamite slaver lets drop, Taat if Eady should take the mad line, He'll be sure of a patient in Slop.
From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael