bedwetting
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See also: bed-wetting
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
bedwetting (usually uncountable, plural bedwettings)
- A type of urinary incontinence involving involuntary urination while in bed during sleep.
Synonyms[edit]
- (involuntary urination while asleep): enuresis (in its broad sense), nocturesis (in its usual sense), sleepwetting
Related terms[edit]
- bedwetter
- piss-the-bed (pissabed)
- to wet oneself (nearly synonymous, whereas the distinction is wetting one's clothing while awake versus wetting the bedclothes, usually while asleep)
- to wet the bed
Translations[edit]
involuntary urination while asleep
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Adjective[edit]
bedwetting (not comparable)
- (derogatory) Characterized by cowardly attitudes; wishy-washy.
- Really? There'll be none of this bedwetting attitude towards problems when I take office.