Definition of bedlam

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bed·lam    (bdlm) KEY  

NOUN:

1. A place or situation of noisy uproar and confusion.
2. often Bedlam Archaic An insane asylum.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English Bedlem, Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, an institution in London for the mentally ill

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