cornered

English

Verb

cornered

1. simple past and past participle of corner

Anagrams

• nerdcore

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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 2018-07-08.