Meanings
comparative more bedworthy · superlative most bedworthy
- slangSexually attractive.
I had fleetingly noticed, had not perhaps noticed enough, how attractive, bedworthy, she looked with her fair hair down around her shoulders.
1988, Muriel Spark, A far cry from Kensington1 more example
Vandeuvres was undressing her with his eyes. 'Yes, she's bedworthy all right', he said, 'but I'm a bit suspicious of her thighs. Will you take a bet, she's got lousy thighs?'
1880, Émile Zola, translated by Douglas Parmée, Nana
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*badją
- Proto-West Germanic*badi
- Old Englishbedd
- Middle Englishbed
- Englishbed
- Englishbedworthy
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