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From bedlam + -ite, in reference to the Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, a former London institution for the insane.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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From bedlam + -ite, in reference to the Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, a former London institution for the insane.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.