bedlamiteEtymologyFrom bedlam + -ite, in reference to the Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, a former London institution for the insane.bedlamite means A lunatic. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 76 out of 100.nounA lunatic.“[S]he cursed him with the bitterest imprecations, and raved like a Bedlamite at the door, which she attempted to burst open.”