bedwetter

American  

[bed-wet-er] / ˈbɛdˌwɛt ər /

Or bed-wetter

noun

1. a person, usually a child, who urinates while sleeping, especially habitually.

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Etymology

Origin of bedwetter

1935–40; bed + wet (v.) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

“I learned disassociation at a very young age, as a bedwetter who had to go to sleepover camp,” she said.

From New York Times

“I haven’t seen this many people happily soaking their shorts since trampoline day at bedwetter camp,” he said.

From Seattle Times

That claiming to be a bedwetter won’t get you a single cell as it once did – but hearing voices might.

From The Guardian

HALPERIN: What is your message to, as David Plouffe would say, the bedwetters in the Democratic Party, who are all concerned about the debate and what it’s done to the public polling?

From Time

His campaign at first dismissed the carpers as “bedwetters”.

From Economist