BEDIM, be-dim', _v.t._ to make dim or dark.--_pa.p._ BEDIMMED'.
BEDIZEN, be-d[=i]z'n, _v.t._ to dress gaudily.--_adj._ BEDIZ'ENED.--_n._
BEDIZ'ENMENT.
BEDLAM, bed'lam, _n._ an asylum for lunatics: a madhouse: a place of
uproar.--_adj._ fit for a madhouse.--_ns._ BED'LAMISM, anything
characteristic of madness; BED'LAMITE, a madman. [Corrupted from
_Bethlehem_ (St Mary of Bethlehem), the name of a priory in London,
afterwards converted into a madhouse.]
BEDOUIN, bed'[=oo]-in, _n._ the name given to those Arabs who live in tents
and lead a nomadic life. [Fr.--Ar. _b[=a]d[=a]win_, dwellers in the
desert.]
BEDRAGGLE, be-drag'l, _v.t._ to soil by dragging in the wet or dirt--most
common, the _p.adj._ BEDRAG'GLED. [See DRAGGLE.]