winged

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See also: wingèd

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English winged, wenged (having wings), past participle of wingen, from the noun winge, wenge.[1]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: wĭng(ĭ)d
  • IPA(key): /wɪŋ(ɪ)d/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪŋd, -ɪŋɪd

Adjective[edit]

winged (not comparable)

  1. Having wings.
    Antonyms: apterous, unwinged, wingless
    • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
      The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters … But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.
    1. (in combination) Having wings of a specified kind.
      weak-winged
    2. (in combination) Having the specified number of wings.
      The six-winged Seraphim are the angels closest to God.
  2. Flying or soaring as if on wings.
  3. Swift.
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Etymology 2[edit]

See wing (verb).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

winged

  1. simple past and past participle of wing

Etymology 3[edit]

See winge (verb).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

winged

  1. simple past and past participle of winge

References[edit]

  1. ^ wingen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2018, retrieved 5 November 2019.

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