bedridden

See also: bed-ridden

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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, equivalent to bed +‎ rider.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɛdɹɪdən/

Adjective

bedridden (not comparable)

  1. confined to bed because of infirmity or illness
    • Macaulay
      the estate of a bedridden old gentleman

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