bedrid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite confined to bed (by illness)
    sick-abed; bedridden; bedfast.

WordNet

Bed"rid`, Bed"rid`den adjective (Also<
  • Bedrid
  • Bedridden
)
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. Confined to the bed by sickness or infirmity. "Her decrepit, sick, and bedrid father." Shak. "The estate of a bedridden old gentleman." Macaulay.

Webster 1913