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bedrid

bedrid adjective: bedridden.

Adjective

bedrid (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Bedridden.
    • Her decrepit, sick, and bedrid father.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • The 'old Gentleman in Oldham is Loyola, as described in Oldham's third satire on the Jesuits, when 'Summon'd together, all th' officious band The orders of their bedrid, chief attend.'1891, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3

Origin of bedrid

From Old English bedrida (“bed-rider”) (originally a noun).

Questions about bedrid

What does bedrid mean?
Bedrid means bedridden.
What part of speech is bedrid?
Bedrid is an adjective.

Words near bedrid in the dictionary

  1. bedrew
  2. bedribble
  3. bedribbled
  4. bedribbles
  5. bedribbling
  6. bedrid
  7. bedridden
  8. bedriddenness
  9. bedridding
  10. bedrift
  11. bedright

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