bedwetter
3
7.9
A person, often a child, who pees in bed while asleep
- noun
- /ˈbɛdˌwɛtər/
:
enurético
- Were you a bedwetter?
- a chronic bedwetter
Examples
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I was a chronic bedwetter.
Fiction book (1992) -
As a child, he struggled with being a bedwetter, which made sleepovers difficult.
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I was a bedwetter.
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Many kids feel embarrassed about being a bedwetter when they reach school age.
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She often heard jokes about being a bedwetter but knew it was a common problem among children.
Synonyms
bed wetter
vsbedwetter
4
6.5
A person, usually a child, who pees in bed while asleep
is the single-word form rather than two words
1
8.9
A person, usually a child, who pees in bed while sleeping
refers to the same idea in a neutral descriptive form
9.9
A person who wets the bed or cannot control their pee
is specific to involuntary urination while asleep in bed
Surface Forms
bedwetter singular
bedwetters plural
Morphology
Etymology
Bedwetter comes from the simple parts bed ('bed') and wet ('to make wet') plus -er ('person who'), so it literally means someone who 'makes the bed wet' and today refers to a person who 'pees in bed while asleep'.