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Definition of Bedrid
1. Adjective. Confined to bed (by illness).
Definition of Bedrid
1. a. Confined to the bed by sickness or infirmity.
Definition of Bedrid
1. Adjective. (obsolete) bedridden ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bedrid
1. bedfast [adj] - See also: bedfast
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedrid
Literary usage of Bedrid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"bedrid ; confined to bed. This Is an in version of AS leger-bedd, "a bed or couch
... bedrid, Galloway. Douglas.—Corr. perhaps from A. 8. ..."
2. An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes by John Bellender Ker (1837)
"Why say ye not the gospel in bouses of bedrid, as ye do in rich mens, ... Why wilt
thou not beg for pore bedrid men, that bin porer than any of your sect, ..."
3. The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts by Thomas Allen (1839)
"garden plats backward, for poor bedrid people, (for id that street dwelt now
other) built by aome prior of the Holy Trinity, to whom that ground belonged. ..."
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