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bedrel

bedrel noun: a bedridden person; a helpless cripple.

Noun

bedrel (plural bedrels)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A bedridden person; a helpless cripple.

Adjective

bedrel (comparative more bedrel, superlative most bedrel)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Bedridden.
    • there is no man so crazed, bedrell, or decrepit, so long as he remembers Methusalem, but thinkes he may yet live twentie yeares., Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.65

Forms of bedrel

Noun
pluralbedrels
Adjective
comparativemore bedrel
superlativemost bedrel

Origin of bedrel

From bed + -rel.

Questions about bedrel

What does bedrel mean?
Bedrel means a bedridden person; a helpless cripple.
What part of speech is bedrel?
Bedrel can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of bedrel?
The plural of bedrel is bedrels.

Words near bedrel in the dictionary

  1. bedrawing
  2. bedrawn
  3. bedraws
  4. bedream
  5. bedreamed
  6. bedrel
  7. bedrels
  8. bedrench
  9. bedrenched
  10. bedrenches
  11. bedrenching

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