Associations to the word «Bedlam»

Wiktionary

BEDLAM, noun. A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.
BEDLAM, noun. (obsolete) An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.
BEDLAM, noun. (obsolete) A lunatic asylum; a madhouse.

Dictionary definition

BEDLAM, noun. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
BEDLAM, noun. Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin