bedlam

Etymology
From Bedlam, alternative name of the English lunatic asylum,  (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.

Phonologically, corruption of, itself a corruption of (the Biblical town), from  from.

Noun

 * 1) A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.
 * 2)  An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.
 * 3)  A lunatic asylum; a madhouse.
 * 1)  An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.
 * 2)  A lunatic asylum; a madhouse.
 * 1)  An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.
 * 2)  A lunatic asylum; a madhouse.
 * 1)  A lunatic asylum; a madhouse.
 * 1)  A lunatic asylum; a madhouse.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Danish: galehus
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 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Plautdietsch: Klommua
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 * Spanish: pandemonio ,
 * Turkish: tımarhane; çok gürültülü, kaotik bir yer, ortam
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