Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bedrid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bedrid \Bed"rid`\, Bedridden \Bed"rid`den\, a. [OE. bedrede, AS.
bedreda, bedrida; from bed, bedd, a bed or couch + ridda a
rider; cf. OHG. pettiriso, G. bettrise. See {Bed}, n., and
{Ride}, v. i. ]
Confined to the bed by sickness or infirmity. ``Her decrepit,
sick, and bedrid father.'' --Shak. ``The estate of a
bedridden old gentleman.'' --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bedrid
adj : confined to bed (by illness) [syn: {bedfast}, {bedridden}, {infirm},
{sick-abed}]
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