Found 2 items, similar to bedridden.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bedridden
bedridden
adj : confined to bed (by illness) [syn:
bedfast,
bedrid,
infirm,
sick-abed]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bedridden
Bedrid
\Bed"rid`\, Bedridden
\Bed"rid`den\, a. [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. ]
Confined to the bed by sickness or infirmity.
“Her decrepit,
sick, and bedrid father.” --Shak.
“The estate of a
bedridden old gentleman.” --Macaulay.
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