abed
/əˈbɛd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.83 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name from Arabic.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Not to be abed after midnight"
- "[She] is sick abed."
- "The world was awake to the 2nd of May, but Mayfair is not the world, and even the menials of Mayfair lie long abed."
- "Who can lie peacefully abed, while the darkness holds some secret?"
- "In the future, most crucially, Wikilambda will continue to be debugged and extended by its core developers. They will need to understand the structure and intent of the software, and their understanding will affect the future course of the project. They will understand Wikilambda’s structure and intent using abstractions. They will encounter these abstractions in the source code, in the documentation, in the conversation of their workmates, in textbooks, in blogs, at conferences, or abed on sleepless nights puzzling over fiendish bugs."
- "I mean, she's brought a-bed"
Etymology
From Middle English abedde, o bedde, from Old English on (“in”) + bedde (“bed”). Equivalent to a- (“in, on”) + bed.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈbɛd/
- British English: /əˈbɛd/