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語源

From 中期英語 bedreden (also as bedrede), from 古期英語 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.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈbɛdɹɪdən/

形容詞

bedridden (not comparable)

1. Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness.
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XXIV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

     the estate of a bedridden old gentleman

同意語

• (confined to bed): bedfast, bedbound

派生語