Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - bedlam
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Bedlam means a great deal of noise and disorder. People often say ‘It was bedlam’ to mean ‘There was bedlam’. The crowd went absolutely mad. It was bedlam... = chaos N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Bedlam, popular name for the Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, London, an insane asylum, from Middle English Bedlem Bethlehem Date: 1522 1. obsolete madman, lunatic 2. often capitalized a lunatic asylum 3. a place, scene, or state of uproar and confusion • ~ adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a scene of uproar and confusion (the traffic was bedlam). 2 archaic a madhouse; an asylum. Etymology: hospital of St Mary of Bethlehem in London ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. (B.) Бедлам (психиатрическая больница в Лондоне) 2. сумасшедший дом, бедлам 3. уст. сумасшедший, помешанный Id: Jack (Tom) o'B. —- сумасшедший ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1667, from "Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem" in London, founded 1247, converted to a state lunatic asylum on dissolution of the monasteries in 1547. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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