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bed-wetting (n.)[bed-wetting 词源字典]: 1844, from bed (n.) + present participle of wet (v.). Related: Bed-wetter.[bed-wetting etymology, bed-wetting origin, 英语词源]
bedaub (v.): 1550s, from be- + daub (v). Related: Bedaubed; bedaubing.
bedazzle (v.): 1590s, from be- + dazzle (v.). Related: Bedazzled; bedazzling.
bedbug (n.): also bed-bug, 1772, from bed (n.) + bug (n.).
[The bed bug] is supposed to have been first introduced to this country in the fir timber that was brought over to rebuild London after it had suffered by the great fire; for it is generally said that Bugs were not known in England before that time, and many of them were found almost immediately afterwards in the new-built houses. [the Rev. W. Bingley, "Animal Biography; or Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy of the Animal Creation," London, 1803]
bedchamber (n.): also bed-chamber, mid-14c., from bed (n.) + chamber.
bedding (n.): later Old English beddinge "bedding, bed covering," from bed. Meaning "bottom layer of anything" is from c. 1400.
bedeck (v.): 1560s, from be- + deck (v.). Related: Bedecked; bedecking.
bedevil (v.): 1768, "to treat diabolically, abuse," from be- + verbal use of devil (q.v.). Meaning "to mischievously confuse" is from 1755; that of "to drive frantic" is from 1823. Related: Bedeviled (1570s, in a literal sense, "possessed"); bedeviling.
bedevilment (n.): 1825, from bedevil + -ment.
bedfellow (n.): "close friend, roommate," mid-15c., from bed (n.) + fellow (n.). Also (late 15c) "concubine." Earlier in the "close companion" sense was bed-fere (early 14c.). Bedsister "husband's concubine" is recorded in Middle English (c. 1300).
bedight (v.): "equip, furnish," c. 1400, from be- + dight (q.v.). Related: Bedighted; bedighting.
bedim (v.): 1560s, from be- + dim (adj.). Related: Bedimmed; bedimming.
bedizen (v.): 1660s, from be- + dizen "to dress" (1610s), especially, from late 18c., "to dress finely, adorn," originally "to dress (a distaff) for spinning" (1520s), and evidently the verbal form of the first element in distaff.
It is remarkable that neither the vb., nor the sb. as a separate word, has been found in OE. or ME., and that on the other hand no vb. corresponding to dizen is known in L.G. or Du. [OED]
bedlam (n.): "scene of mad confusion," 1660s, from colloquial pronunciation of "Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem" in London, founded 1247 as a priory, mentioned as a hospital 1330 and as a lunatic hospital 1402; converted to a state lunatic asylum on dissolution of the monasteries in 1547. It was spelled Bedlem in a will from 1418, and Betleem is recorded as a spelling of Bethlehem in Judea from 971.
Bedouin (n.): c. 1400, from Old French bedüin (Modern French bédouin), from colloquial Arabic badawin "desert-dwellers," plural of badawi, from badw "desert, camp." The Arabic plural suffix was mistaken for part of the word. A word from the Crusades, it probably was lost in English and then reborrowed from French c. 1600. As an adjective from 1844.
bedpan (n.): also bed-pan, 1580s, from bed (n.) + pan (n.).
bedpost (n.): also bed-post, 1590s, from bed (n.) + post (n.1).
bedraggle (v.): 1727, from be- + draggle, frequentative of drag.
bedraggled (adj.): 1727, past participle adjective from bedraggle.
bedridden (adj.): also bed-ridden, mid-14c., from adjectival use of late Old English bæddrædæn "bedridden (man)," from bedrid, from Old English bedreda, literally "bedrider, bedridden (man)," from bed + rida "rider" (see ride (v.)). Originally a noun, it became an adjective in Middle English and acquired an -en on the analogy of past participle adjectives from strong verbs such as ride.