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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bed-wet

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables
bed-wet
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To wet the bed: to experience bed-wetting or enuresis, to urinate while asleep.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

Back-formation from bed-wetting, bed-wetter. Ultimately from bed + wet.

Usage

Inflected Forms

bed-wets (present, singular) bed-wetting (participle, present) bed-wetted (participle, past) bed-wetted (past) bedwet (alternative)

Questions

What does bed-wet mean?
To wet the bed: to experience bed-wetting or enuresis, to urinate while asleep.
Where does bed-wet come from?
Back-formation from bed-wetting, bed-wetter. Ultimately from bed + wet.

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