mitten

From Middle English myteyne, from Old French mitaine (Modern French mitaine), of unclear origin; possibly from mite, miste (“playful name for cat”) + -aine. Alternatively, mitaine may be from Old High German mittamo (“half”), superlative of mitti (“midpoint”), from Proto-Germanic *midjô, *midją (“middle, center”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, center”). Compare Catalan mitana, Medieval Latin mitta, mitana, and Occitan mitana.

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪtn̩/

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• (Southern England, Western New England) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪʔn̩/
• Rhymes: -ɪtən

mitten (plural mittens)

1. A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.
2. A cat's or dog's paw that is a different colour from the main body.

   Synonym: sock

3. (colloquial, dated, as "the mitten") A romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover.

   to give someone the mitten; to get the mitten

4. (slang, chiefly in the plural) A boxing glove.

mitten (third-person singular simple present mittens, present participle mittening, simple past and past participle mittened)

1. (transitive) To dress in mittens; to put a mitten on.
   • 1911 August, Jack London, “[Smoke Bellew] Tale Three: The Stampede to Squaw Creek”, in Cosmopolitan, volume LI, number 3, New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, section II, page 361, column 1:

     He mittened his hand and beat it violently for a minute before exposing it to the frost to strike a match.

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mitten

1. In the middle.

   Mitten auf der Straße lag ein toter Hund.

   In the middle of the street lay a dead dog.

• inmitten
• zumitten

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mitten

1. definite singular of mitt