bedridden

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From Middle English bedredyn, bedraden, bedreden, bæddrædæn (also as bedreede, bedrede), from Old English bedreda (bedridden, adj.), from bedreda, bedrida, bæddryda (one who is bedridden, noun), from bed, bedd (bed) + rida (rider), with -en by analogy with past participle adjectives.

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bedridden (not comparable)

  1. Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness.

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