Bedlamise

/ˈbɛdləmaɪz/ verb

Definition

To drive someone insane or to turn something into a state of chaos and confusion (British spelling).

Etymology

From Bedlam + the suffix -ise (British spelling convention). The verb form emerged in the 18th-19th centuries to describe the process of becoming or making something bedlam-like.

Kelly Says

This verb captures something uniquely British—the habit of turning proper nouns (especially famous places) into verbs to describe what they represent, like 'to bedlamise' means to create utter chaos.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
በድላም
be-di-lam
ARالعربية
بلادام
bila-dam
BNবাংলা
বেডল্যাম
be-d-la-am
CACatalà
Bedlam
be-dlam
CSČeština
Bedlam
be-dlam
DADansk
Bedlam
be-dlam
DEDeutsch
Bedlam
be-dlam
ELΕλληνικά
Bedlam
be-dlam
ESEspañol
caos
ka-os
FAفارسی
بیدلام
be-d-lam
FISuomi
Bedlam
be-dlam
FRFrançais
Bedlam
be-dlam
GUGU
બેડલેમ
be-d-lam
HAHA
Bedlam
be-dlam
HEעברית
בּדלאם
bed-la-am
HIहिन्दी
बेडलैम
bed-la-am
HUMagyar
Bedlam
be-dlam
IDBahasa Indonesia
Bedlam
be-dlam
IGIG
Bedlam
be-dlam
ITItaliano
Bedlam
be-dlam
JA日本語
ベッドラム
beddo-ra-mu
KKKK
Бедлам
Bedlam
KMKM
បេតឡាម
bet-la-am
KO한국어
베드램
be-deu-ram
MRMR
बेडलॅम
bed-la-am
MSBahasa Melayu
Bedlam
be-dlam
MYမြန်မာ
ဘယ်ဒလမ်
bae-d-lam
NLNederlands
Bedlam
be-dlam
NONorsk
Bedlam
be-dlam
PAPA
ਬੇਡਲੈਮ
bae-d-la-am
PLPolski
Bedlam
be-dlam
PTPortuguês
Bedlam
be-dlam
RORomână
Bedlam
be-dlam
RUРусский
Бедлам
Bedlam
SVSvenska
Bedlam
be-dlam
SWKiswahili
Bedlam
be-dlam
TAதமிழ்
பேட்லாம்
pa-et-la-am
TEతెలుగు
బెడ్లామ్
bed-la-am
THไทย
เบดแลม
bed-lam
TLTL
Bedlam
be-dlam
TRTürkçe
Bedlam
be-dlam
UKУкраїнська
Бедлам
Bedlam
URاردو
بیڈلم
bee-d-lam
VITiếng Việt
Bedlam
be-dlam
YOYO
Bedlam
be-dlam
ZH中文
贝德拉姆
bei-de-la-mu
ZUZU
Bedlam
be-dlam

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