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Back-formation from bedridden.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
-ridden
Today it means: Figuratively construed as “repeatedly/perennially affected by” or “unable to escape from”. Full definition →
Today it means: Figuratively construed as “repeatedly/perennially affected by” or “unable to escape from”. Full definition →
Back-formation from bedridden.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.