bedtime
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#BEDTIMECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BEDTIME bedtyme, bed-tyme, bedetyme, bedde tyme, equivalent to bed + timeCategory:English compound terms#BEDTIME. Compare earlier Old English bedtīd (“bedtime”). Compare also West Frisian bêdtiid (“bedtime”), Dutch bedtijd (“bedtime”), Saterland Frisian Bädegungenstied (“bedtime”, literally “bed-goings-time”), German Low German Beddgahnstied, Bettgahnstiet (“bedtime”, literally “bed-goings-time”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bedtime (countable and uncountable, plural bedtimes)Category:English lemmas#BEDTIMECategory:English nouns#BEDTIMECategory:English uncountable nouns#BEDTIMECategory:English countable nouns#BEDTIMECategory:English countable nouns#BEDTIMECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BEDTIMECategory:Pages with entries#BEDTIMECategory:Pages with 1 entry#BEDTIME
- The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.
- 2004, Vartan Gregorian, The Road to Home: My Life and Times, page 55:
- I read every evening, sometimes late into the night, with the help of kerosene lamps, often secretly, past my bedtime.Category:English terms with quotations#BEDTIME
- 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
- Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.Category:English terms with quotations#BEDTIME
Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.