knitten

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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knitten

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

Adjective

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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[1], 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[2], 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[3], volume 13, Washington, DC: Library of Congress, →OCLC, page 333:
      Dey kept warm wide[sic] de bed clothes and de knitten clothes dey had.

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Middle English

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Verb

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knitten

  1. Alternative form of knytten