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8 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the last few hours before death
noun the bed on which a person dies
originFrom Middle English dethbed, from Old English dēaþbedd (“deathbed; grave”), equivalent to death + bed. Cognate with Swedish dödsbädd (“deathbed”). Compare also Dutch sterfbed (“deathbed”), German Sterbebett and Totenbett (both “deathbed”), Danish dødsleje (“deathbed”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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