knitten
verb/ˈnɪtən/
Etymology
From knit + -en (past participle ending of some strong verbs), in mimicry of bitten, sitten (now dialectal), etc.
- inherited from *knutjaną✻
- inherited from *knuttijan✻
- inherited from cnyttan
- inherited from knytten
Definitions
past participle of knit (“knitted, knit”)
knitted, knit
- 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, […]
- 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.
- Dey kept warm wide^([sic]) de bed clothes and de knitten clothes dey had.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA