knitten

English

Etymology

From knit + -en (past participle ending of some strong verbs), in mimicry of bitten, sitten (now dialectal), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɪtən/

Verb

knitten

  1. (nonstandard, sometimes hypercorrect) past participle of knit (knitted, knit)

Adjective

knitten (not comparable)

  1. (nonstandard, sometimes hypercorrect) knitted, knit
    • 1858, James Whitaker, “The Old Prayer Book”, in The Village Lyre: A Collection of Fugitive Poems, Leeds: J. Heaton and Sons, page 189:
      With his stick in his hand and his hat of broad brim, / And his comforter red to keep warm his chin, / And his strong knitten gloves and old coat of grey, []
    • 1883, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations, volume Fourth Series, Boston: Roberts Brothers, page 268:
      The best sculptor might haply be glad to find in a corner some fragment of a clay model on which his fingers were employed before the knuckles were well knitten.
    • 1941, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, volume 13, Washington, DC: Library of Congress, →OCLC, page 333:
      Dey kept warm wide[sic] de bed clothes and de knitten clothes dey had.

Anagrams

Middle English

Verb

knitten

  1. Alternative form of knytten
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.