bedridden

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From Old English bedreda, from rida (“rider”), with -en by analogy with past participle adjectives

[edit] Adjective

bedridden (comparative more bedridden, superlative most bedridden)

  1. confined to bed because of infirmity or illness

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confined to bed
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