bed-wet

See also: bedwet

English

Alternative forms

• bedwet

Etymology

Backformation from bed-wetting, bed-wetter. Ultimately from bed + wet.

Verb

bed-wet (third-person singular simple present bed-wets, present participle bed-wetting, simple past and past participle bed-wet or bed-wetted)

1. (rare, intransitive) To wet the bed: to experience bed-wetting or enuresis, to urinate while asleep.

Usage notes

• Except in its gerund-participle form bed-wetting, this verb is quite rare.
• The past tense and past participle form are ambiguous; both bed-wet and bed-wetted exist, but both are extremely rare.