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bedfast

American  
[bed-fast, -fahst] / ˈbɛdˌfæst, -ˌfɑst /

adjective

Chiefly Midland and Western U.S.

  1. confined to bed, as by illness or age; bedridden.

bedfast British  
/ ˈbɛdˌfɑːst /

adjective

  1. an archaic word for bedridden

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Etymology

Origin of bedfast

First recorded in 1630–40; bed + fast 1

Example Sentences

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Here and there a bedfast invalid screamed foolishly.

From Time Magazine Archive

The scientists, who have been going aboard each morning since the test started on Jan. 19, took blood samples from the bedfast half of the crew.

From Time Magazine Archive

The enemy that made General Douglas MacArthur a bedfast hospital casualty last week is as common as it is mysterious.

From Time Magazine Archive

First, a cumbersome external device that will keep the patient bedfast.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mother is bedfast with rheumatism," he said, "and it would do her a power of good if you would run in and see her sometime.

From The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan by Edholm, Lizette M.

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