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.
[Obs.]
Let's get the bedlam to lead him.
Shak.
3. Any place where uproar and confusion
prevail.
Bed"lam, a. Belonging to, or fit for, a
madhouse. "The bedlam, brainsick duchess." Shak.