Noun: lunatic asylum
- Pejorative term for an insane asylum
"Victorian lunatic asylums were often cruel places";
- Bedlam [archaic], booby hatch [N. Amer, informal], crazy house [informal], cuckoo's nest [informal], funny farm [informal], funny house [informal], loony bin [informal], madhouse [informal], nut house [informal], nuthouse [informal], bughouse [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: lunatic asylums
Type of: asylum, insane asylum [archaic], institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital
Encyclopedia: Lunatic asylum