bedfast

American  

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

adjective

Chiefly Midland and Western U.S.

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

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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

Here in this dim, dull, double-bedded room, I play the father to a brace of boys, Ailing but apt for every sort of noise, Bedfast but brilliant yet with health and bloom.

From Poems by Henley, William Ernest

Related Words

• circumscribed
• cramped
• imprisoned
• restrained
• restricted