knitten

verb
/ˈnɪtən/

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from *knutjaną
  2. inherited from *knuttijan
  3. inherited from cnyttan
  4. inherited from knytten
  5. suffixed as knitten — “knit + en

Definitions

  1. past participle of knit (“knitted, knit”)

  2. 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA