bedrid

[ bed-rid ]

adjective

1. bedridden.
2. worn-out; exhausted; decrepit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bedrid¹

before 1000; Middle English bedrede, Old English bedreda, bedrida, equivalent to bed bed + -rida rider, akin to ride

Example Sentences

I'd knock a feller down 'at called me 'liar' to my face, even now, old an' bedrid' as I be.

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Bedrid here, like an old block of wood, an' her—She thinks she's arrested somebody, Susanna does!

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Her voice of call is exceedingly musical, and sounds sweetly in the ears of the infirm and bedrid.

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Germany at large, though it lay so silent, in its bedrid condition, was in great anxiety.

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In vain did the poor bedrid woman try to comfort her daughter.

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