bedmate
/ˈbɛdˌmeɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Catherine of Aragon: wonderful woman, the Queen of England, the bedmate of Henry VIII - that much I knew already."
- "These [periodic leg movements] may awaken the sleeper, but often they do nor and are more disruptive to the bedmate. If you or your bedmate experience either of these disorders, talk with a sleep specialist about possible treatment"
- "She wondered where his thoughts were and whether she was anything more to him than a bedmate and housekeeper. She worried whether she'd done something to be the cause of his gloom..."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *badją Proto-West Germanic *badi Old English bedd Middle English bed English bed Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-Germanic *matjô Proto-West Germanic *gamatjôder. Old Saxon gimatoder. Middle Low German matebor. Middle English mate English mate English -mate English bedmate From bed + -mate.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɛdˌmeɪt/