slown

English

Etymology

Formed on the analogy of past participles like grown, shown, and thrown. Equivalent to slow +‎ -n.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sləʊn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sloʊn/
• Rhymes: -əʊn

Verb

slown

1. (nonstandard) past participle of slow
   • 2008 June 13, Fred Weston, "Irish government loses vote in EU referendum" marxist.com:

     The latest forecasts are that early this year this had slown to around 2%, but it could slow further as the Irish economy is heavily dependent on exports both to the USA and the rest of the European Union.

   • 2010, Amy Hempel, “Offertory”, in The Dog of the Marriage, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 113:

     'Time has slown down.' It was like this woman was getting just as slown down as I was, even though she never touched the stuff.

   • 2012 July 13, Associated Press, “Chinese economy hits three-year low”, in The Guardian, London:

     China's economic growth has slown down for eight quarters, the longest slowdown since the government began reporting such data in 1992, according Yu Bin, a cabinet researcher.

Anagrams

• Lowns, lowns, snowl, swoln