bedridden

Meaning

Adjective

• Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness.

Related

Similar words

• bedfast, bedbound

Origin

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