knopped

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English knopped. By surface analysis, knop +‎ -ed.

Adjective[edit]

knopped (comparative more knopped, superlative most knopped)

  1. (obsolete) Having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for knopped”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

knop +‎ -ed

Adjective[edit]

knopped

  1. Knopped; having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons.
    • c. 1370s. Unknown. The Romaunt of the Rose. 7258-60.
      And greye clothis not ful clene,
      But fretted ful of tatarwagges,
      And highe shoes, knopped with dagges,
      And gray clothes not fully clean,
      But adorned with ragged shreds,
      And high shoes, knobbed with patches,

Descendants[edit]

  • English: knopped