bedfastadj.
/ˈbɛdfɑːst/, /ˈbɛdfast/, U.S. /ˈbɛdˌfæst/, Scottish English /ˈbɛdfast/ northern dialect and Scottish.
Confined to bed.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > restrained by ill health
bedridc1000
bedridden1340
bedlarc1440
bedrel1513
bed-sickc1550
clinica1631
bedfasta1639
non-surrective1668
decumbent1689
invalided1837
laid1868
to lay aside1879
wheelchaired1938
on the sick1976
a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) vi. 341 Farnherst lying bedfast at the time in Aberdene.
1796 R. Burns Let. 7 July (2003) II. 385 I have been ailing, sometimes bedfast.
1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers I. 30 My old woman is bed-fast.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.a1639- to terminate with extreme prejudice
- to terrace up
- to test a person's mettle
- to test out
- to test something to failure or destruction
- to test the water
- to test to failure or destruction
- to thank
- to thank kindly
- to thank one for nothing
- to thank one's lucky stars
- to thank one's stars
- to thank one'the stars
- to that effect
- to that extent
- to that intent
- to that purpose
- to that sense
- to that that
- to the
- to the ale
- to the amazing of
- to the amazing of someone
- to the amount of
- to the amusement of