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bedswerver

bedswerver noun: someone who commits adultery; an unfaithful spouse.

Noun

bedswerver (plural bedswervers)

  1. (archaic, historical) Someone who commits adultery; an unfaithful spouse.
    • [S]hee’s / A Bed‑swaruer, euen as bad as those / That Vulgars giue bold’st Titles […].c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    • Before she said aught a word I knew that she was a bedswerver, aiming to sweep out from her hubby's cot into mine […].2011, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 134

Forms of bedswerver

pluralbedswervers

Origin of bedswerver

From bed + swerver.

Questions about bedswerver

What does bedswerver mean?
Bedswerver means someone who commits adultery; an unfaithful spouse.
What part of speech is bedswerver?
Bedswerver is a noun.
What is the plural of bedswerver?
The plural of bedswerver is bedswervers.

Words near bedswerver in the dictionary

  1. bedstones
  2. bedstraw
  3. bedstraws
  4. bedsurfer
  5. bedsurfers
  6. bedswerver
  7. bedswervers
  8. bedtable
  9. bedtables
  10. bedtick
  11. bedticking

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