cornered

English

Adjective

cornered (comparative more cornered, superlative most cornered)

1. Having corners.
2. (figuratively) Of a person or animal, forced into a difficult or inescapable situation.

Derived terms

• cater-cornered
• catty-cornered
• kitty-cornered
• sharp-cornered
• three-cornered
• three-cornered jack
• tricornered

Verb

cornered

1. simple past and past participle of corner

Anagrams

• nerdcore

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cornerd, cornerede, cornerid, corneryd

Etymology

From corner +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrnərid/, /ˈkɔrnərɛd/, /ˈkɔrneːrid/

Adjective

cornered

1. Cornered; possessing corners or angles.
2. (rare) Connected in the middle.

Descendants

• English: cornered, corner (the verb is a back-formation)
• Scots: cornert, corner (the verb is a back-formation)

References

• “cornẹ̄̆red, ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 July 2018.