knitten
/ˈnɪtən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
past participle of knit (“knitted, knit”)
Example Sentences
- "With his stick in his hand and his hat of broad brim, / And his comforter red to keep warm his chin, / And his strong knitten gloves and old coat of grey, […]"
- "The best sculptor might haply be glad to find in a corner some fragment of a clay model on which his fingers were employed before the knuckles were well knitten."
- "Dey kept warm wide^([sic]) de bed clothes and de knitten clothes dey had."
Etymology
From knit + -en (past participle ending of some strong verbs), in mimicry of bitten, sitten (now dialectal), etc.