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A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse.

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  1. n. A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse.
  2. n. An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.
  3. n. Any place where uproar and confusion prevail.
  4. a. Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse.
  5. n. pejorative terms for an insane asylum
  6. n. a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  7. Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse. "The bedlam, brainsickduchess." Shak.
  8. n:100 n. pejorative terms for an insane asylum