bedfast

[ bed-fast, -fahst ]

adjective

, Chiefly Midland and Western U.S.

1. confined to bed, as by illness or age; bedridden.

bedfast

/ ˈbɛdˌfɑːst /

adjective

1. an archaic word for bedridden

Word History and Origins

Origin of bedfast¹

First recorded in 1630–40; bed + fast ¹

Example Sentences

I mind now when she was tuk with her last spell and laid bedfast fer eighteen months, she used to tell the preacher, when he'd come to see her and pray and go on, 'at she could die happy ef she could on'y be with 'em all agin in their love-feasts and revivals.

From Project Gutenberg

He has been bedfast for a long time.

From Project Gutenberg

Being bedfast with lumbago must be mighty trying to the temper.

From Project Gutenberg

Here and there a bedfast invalid screamed foolishly.

From Time Magazine Archive

After having been obliged to give up his dental practice, Blaiberg was bedfast.

From Time Magazine Archive

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