bedlamite

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After all, I reflected, the worst bedlamite must have food and shelter, and, unless the gleam had been a will-o'-the-wisp, I foresaw a fire.

From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John

Mollie paced up and down like a bedlamite, sobbing and scolding to herself, and quite broken down with one day's imprisonment.

From The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week by Fleming, May Agnes

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 Alcott, Louisa May

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 Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)