bedlamite

n. 疯子

词形变化

bedlamites 复数 bedlamites

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A lunatic.

    废旧

    Upon coming to the edge of the outer surf, the man at the stern of our boat, steering with a long oar, began to stamp his feet and roar like a bedlamite […] .

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

lunatic maniac

词源

From bedlam + -ite, in reference to the Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, a former London institution for the insane.

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