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Tom o' Bedlam

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospital, England.
    historical
  2. Any wandering mendicant, either mad or pretending to be so.
    archaic
  3. A madman; a bedlamite.
    archaic

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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