Dictionary entry

Bedlam

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bed″lam (�), n. [See Bethlehem.] 1. A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse. Abp. Tillotson.

2. An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.

Let's get the bedlam to lead him.

Shak.

3. Any place where uproar and confusion prevail.