Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

broughten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: brought-en
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having been brought.

Archaic

verb

past participle of bring

Archaic

Example Sentences

"“Here, Shaws!” she cried, “keek out of the window and see what I have broughten you.”"
"Gotten by you. Now for the fun. The eating. Eating the good food I have broughten."

Etymology

From brought + -en (past participle ending of some strong verbs), in mimicry of gotten, shotten, etc. Compare also thoughten, boughten, caughten, etc. formed in a similar way.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: brought

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does broughten mean?: Having been brought.
Where does broughten come from?: From brought + -en (past participle ending of some strong verbs), in mimicry of gotten, shotten, etc. Compare also thoughten, boughten, caughten, etc. formed in a similar way.

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