bedridden

[ bed-rid-n ]
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adjective
  1. confined to bed because of illness, injury, etc.

Origin of bedridden

1
1300–50; Middle English, variant (by confusion with past participle of ride) of bedrid

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bedridden

/ (ˈbɛdˌrɪdən) /


adjective
  1. confined to bed because of illness, esp for a long or indefinite period

Origin of bedridden

1
Old English bedreda, from bedd bed + -rida rider, from rīdan to ride

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