Main Entry: bed·lam

Pronunciation: \ˈbed-ləm\

Function: noun

Etymology: Bedlam, popular name for the Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem, London, an insane asylum, from Middle English Bedlem Bethlehem

Date: 1522

1 obsolete : madman, lunatic
2 often capitalized : a lunatic asylum
3 : a place, scene, or state of uproar and confusion

— bedlam adjective