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

He has been bedfast for a long time.

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

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A lot of ’em are bedfast and stricken and I get a certain amount of fun–chirping ’em up on cloudy days.

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Mother is bedfast with rheumatism," he said, "and it would do her a power of good if you would run in and see her sometime.

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Why should not the case of poor bedfast wretches in cap and gown, and pale faces, meet with as much consideration as that of your clodpole in scarlet and an 'Albert hat?'

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Related Words

• circumscribed
• cramped
• imprisoned
• restrained
• restricted