Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mitred

/ˈmaɪ.tɚd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: mitred
IPA: /ˈmaɪ.tɚd/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Wearing an abbot's or bishop's mitre.

adj

Having a mitre joint.

verb

simple past and past participle of mitre

Example Sentences

"Our Fathers must hide themselves rather like robbers who chuse a leader, than godly priests who elect a mitred Abbot. […] And mark me, brother! not in the proudest days of the mitred Abbey, was a Superior ever chosen, whom his office shall so much honour, as he shall be honoured, who now takes it upon him in these days of tribulation."
"Mitred emissaries also passed from Gregory to the Emperor, summoning him to attend the diet within a time by which no one unwafted by wings or steam could have reached the place […]"
"Their leaves were green when the Abbey rose in splendour, and mitred abbots walked in their shadow."
"Again I bestride the mitred, leather-winged steed."

Etymology

From Middle English mytred; equivalent to mitre (“pointed hat”) + -ed.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: mytred
Suffix: mitre

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmaɪ.tɚd/
British English: /ˈmaɪ.təd/

Inflected Forms

mitered (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

mitrate mitre mitriform

Questions

How do you pronounce mitred?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmaɪ.tɚd/.
What does mitred mean?: Wearing an abbot's or bishop's mitre.
Where does mitred come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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