| 单词 | tom o' bedlam |
| 释义 | > as lemmasTom o' Bedlam Tom o' Bedlam n. (also Tom of Bedlam) now historical (the name of) a lunatic, a madman, esp. one claiming to have been licensed to beg on release from the Hospital of St Mary of Bethlehem in London (see bedlam n. 2); (also) a person feigning insanity in order to obtain money by begging; cf. Abraham man n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] > mad person woodman1297 madmanc1330 lunatic1377 franticc1380 madwomana1438 March harec1500 Bedlam beggar1525 fanaticc1525 bedlama1529 frenetic1528 Jack o' Bedlam1528 Tom o' Bedlam1569 crack-brain1570 madbrain1570 Tom1575 madcap1589 gelt1596 madhead1600 brainsick1605 madpash1611 non compos1628 madling1638 bedlam-man1658 bedlamerc1675 fan1682 bedlamite1691 cracka1701 lymphatic1708 shatter-brain1719 mad1729 maniaca1763 non compos mentis1765 shatter-pate1775 shatter-wit1775 insane1786 craze1831 dement1857 crazy1867 crackpot1883 loony1884 bug1885 psychopath1885 dingbat1887 psychopathic1890 ding-a-ling1899 meshuggener1900 détraqué1902 maddiea1903 nut1908 mental1913 ding1929 lakes1934 wack1938 fruitcake1942 nutty1942 barm-pot1951 nutcake1953 nutter1958 nutcase1959 nut job1959 meshuga1962 nutsy1964 headcase1965 nutball1968 headbanger1973 nutso1975 wacko1977 nut bar1978 mentalist1990 1569 ‘L. Avale’ Commem. Edmonde Boner sig. C.iijv The sonne of a villaine ingrosse. Whiche was the sonne of a Cutpurse. Whiche was the sonne of a Tom of Bedlam. a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) i. ii. 132 Tom o' Bedlam. 1671 J. Glanvill Further Discov. Stubbe 28 [I] am afraid that some will think, that I am not well in my Wits, because I seriously answer such a Tom of Bedlam. a1697 J. Aubrey Brief Lives (1898) II. 82 It happened one time, that a Tom of Bedlam came-up to him [sc. Thomas More], and had a mind to have throwne him from the battlements. 1710 Divine Rights of Brit. Nation & Constit. Vindicated 89 The Pamphlet, like its Parent, is very rude and very silly, and raves throughout like a true Tom a' Bedlam. 1743 Westm. Jrnl. 6 Aug. You are proud, it should seem, of your Affinity with my Acquaintance Tom o' Bedlam. 1880 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (1881) I. 72 Wandering beggars and halfwitted people called ‘Tom o' Bedlams’ who were a recognised order of mendicants. 1989 Iowa Rev. 19 98 There goes a screaming Tom O'Bedlam—a side-show for the man in a fine suit, on a great street at lunchtime. < as lemmas |
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