Associations to the word «Bedlam»

Wiktionary

BEDLAM, noun. A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.
BEDLAM, noun. (obsolete) An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.
BEDLAM, noun. (obsolete) A lunatic asylum; a madhouse.

Dictionary definition

BEDLAM, noun. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
BEDLAM, noun. Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca