bedlam

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

bedlams

1.
(countable, uncountable)A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.
Đồng nghĩa: madhouse, pandemonium
2.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.
3.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A lunatic asylum; a madhouse.

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Đồng nghĩa

madhouse pandemonium

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Bedlam, alternative name of the English lunatic asylum, Bethlem Royal Hospital (royal hospital from 1375, mental hospital from 1403) (earlier St Mary of Bethlehem outside Bishopsgate, hospice in existence from 1329, priory established 1247), since used to mean “a place or situation of madness and chaos”. Bedlam as name of hospital attested 1450.