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bedridden

[ bed-rid-n ]

/ ˈbɛdˌrɪd n /

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adjective

confined to bed because of illness, injury, etc.

Origin of bedridden

1300–50; Middle English, variant (by confusion with past participle of ride) of bedrid

Words nearby bedridden

bedrabble, bedraggle, bedraggled, bedrail, bedrid, bedridden, bedrock, bedroll, bedroom, bedroom slipper, beds

Example sentences from the Web for bedridden

There was a war and Matthew (Dan Stevens) was bedridden until he got up and walked.

‘Borgen,’ ‘Girls,’ ‘Parenthood,’ ‘Mad Men’ & More: Ten Best TV Shows of 2012 |Jace Lacob, Maria Elena Fernandez |December 18, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Bedridden Child Rather spent about three years of his childhood bedridden with rheumatic fever.

10 Revelations from ‘Rather Outspoken’ Autobiography |Ben Jacobs |April 28, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
As Rather puts it, “bedridden seriously, as in using a bed pan.”

10 Revelations from ‘Rather Outspoken’ Autobiography |Ben Jacobs |April 28, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The bedridden blues icon is too sick to speak up as her son and husband battle over her estate in court.

The War Over Etta James' Fortune |Christine Pelisek |March 8, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

That bedridden old lady there had a stalwart son, who was now the owner of the Helpholme pastures.

The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne |Anthony Trollope
His little, old, bedridden grandmother had lived until he was twelve.

Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 |Lucy Maud Montgomery
After his return he was bedridden for four or five months, most of which he passed at his sister's house in Birmingham.

Washington Irving |Henry W. Boynton
But in old age it gained on him; he was bedridden and had only weakening torments to face.

Roads from Rome |Anne C. E. Allinson
One was old, another was exceedingly corpulent, a third was bedridden,—none of them was known to keep a great dog.

My Novel, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for bedridden

bedridden

/ (ˈbɛdˌrɪdən) /

adjective

confined to bed because of illness, esp for a long or indefinite period

Word Origin for bedridden

Old English bedreda, from bedd bed + -rida rider, from rīdan to ride

Medical definitions for bedridden

bedridden

[ bĕd′rĭd′n ]

adj.

Confined to bed because of illness or infirmity.