bedswerver

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noun

Someone who commits adultery; an unfaithful spouse.

First used 17th c.Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounbedswerver (plural bedswervers)

plural bedswervers

  1. archaichistoricalSomeone who commits adultery; an unfaithful spouse.First known use 17th c.

    [S]hee’s / A Bed‑swaruer, euen as bad as those / That Vulgars giue bold’st Titles […].

    c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], lines 704-5, 709-10
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    Before she said aught a word I knew that she was a bedswerver, aiming to sweep out from her hubby's cot into mine […].

    2011, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 134

Origin

From bed + swerver.

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bedswerver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedswerver

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“bedswerver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedswerver. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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