bedridden

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈbɛdɹɪdən/ (UK)

Definition of bedridden

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness.
    “the estate of a bedridden old gentleman”

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Etymology

From Middle English bedredyn, bedraden, bedreden, bæddrædæn (also as bedreede, bedrede), from Old English bedreda (“bedridden”, adj.), from bedreda, bedrida, bæddryda (“one who is bedridden”, noun), from bed, bedd (“bed”) + rida (“rider”), with -en by analogy with past participle adjectives.

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