BEDRID

bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, sick-abed

(adjective) confined to bed (by illness)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

bedrid (not comparable)

(obsolete) Bedridden.

Anagrams

• bidder, birded, brided, derbid

Source: Wiktionary


Bed"rid`, Bed"rid`den, a. Etym: [OE. bedrede, AS. bedreda, bedrida; from bed, bedd, a bed or couch + ridda a rider; cf. OHG. pettiriso, G. bettrise. See Bed, n., and Ride, v. i. ]

Definition: Confined to the bed by sickness or infirmity. "Her decrepit, sick, and bedrid father." Shak. "The estate of a bedridden old gentleman." Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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