The word "bedlam", meaning uproar and confusion, is derived from the hospital's nickname. Although it became a modern psychiatric hospital, historically it was representative of the …

Bedlam, the first asylum for the mentally ill in England. It is currently located in Beckenham, Kent. The word bedlam came to be used generically for all psychiatric hospitals and sometimes is …

May 12, 2022 · Bedlam: a scene of uproar and confusion, a noisy situation with no order or, originally, the slang name for a mental hospital in London… which also happened to be a …

The meaning of BEDLAM is a place, scene, or state of uproar and confusion. How to use bedlam in a sentence.

Bethlem Royal Hospital was England’s first asylum for the treatment of mental illness, and for many years a place of inhumane conditions, the nickname of which – Bedlam – became a …

Dec 15, 2016 · This was Bethlem Hospital, more commonly known by its nickname (and the word adapted from it): Bedlam. Almost from the start, Bethlem was much more than a mental asylum.

bedlam, n. & adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

In the bedlam, the crowds torched various buildings and vehicles throughout the city.

1. a noisy confused place or situation; state of uproar: his speech caused bedlam. 2. (Psychiatry) archaic a lunatic asylum; madhouse

bedlam (n.) "scene of mad confusion," 1660s, from colloquial pronunciation of Bethlehem, short for "Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem" in London, which was founded 1247 as a priory, …