caughten
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From caught + -en (preterite plural suffix), and caught + -en (strong declension past participle suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːtən/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰɒtən/
- Rhymes: -ɔːtən
- Homophone: cotton (Australia)
Verb
[edit]caughten
- (obsolete) plural simple past of catch
- (nonstandard) past participle of catch
- Black Friday in the UK just hasn't caughten on yet.
- 1962, Philip Purser, Peregrination 22[1], Jonathan Cape, page 139:
- 'Okay, okay.’ She gave a reluctant assent. ‘Anyway, we hadn't caughten a sight of one lousy polar bear.’
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:caughten.
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