bedridden
pronunciation
How to pronounce bedridden in British English:
UK [ ˈbedrɪdn]
How to pronounce bedridden in American English:
US [ ˈbedrɪdn]
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- Adjective:
- confined to bed (by illness)
Word Origin
- bedridden (adj.)
- also bed-ridden, mid-14c., from adjectival use of late Old English bæddrædæn "bedridden (man)," from bedrid, from Old English bedreda, literally "bedrider, bedridden (man)," from bed + rida "rider" (see ride (v.)). Originally a noun, it became an adjective in Middle English and acquired an -en on the analogy of past participle adjectives from strong verbs such as ride.
Example
- 1. Walk about ; not be bedridden or incapable of walking .
- 2. Average bedridden time for the shandong rural elderly before end-of-life .
- 3. People who are bedridden can easily get pneumonia .
- 4. Though a bedridden invalid , she remains optimistic about life .
- 5. He had been bedridden for four months .