shaken
/ˈʃeɪkən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
adj
Caused to move (and usually weakened) by a strong force.
adj
Of a cask: taken to pieces which are then tied up together for transportation.
Archaic; Obsolete
Example Sentences
- "[A] chief, / With shout and shaken spear / Stands at the prow, and guides them: […]"
- "For the moment she felt like a shaken child—shaken out of its wailings into awe, and she said humbly—"I will try. I will think.""
- "The waiter brought the Martinis, shaken and not stirred, as [James] Bond had stipulated, and some slivers of lemon peel in a wine glass. Bond twisted two of them and let them sink to the bottom of his drink."
- "The earthquake led to many shaken buildings and structures."
- "The trunks [of trees] are crushed and shattered / By the fierce blast's unconquerable stress. / […] / And through the ruins of the shaken mountain / The airs hiss and howl— […]"
- "A proportion for the ſetting foorth of a ſhip of 200. tunne, for the killing of the VVhale. […] 800. emptie ſhaken hogſheds, […]"
Etymology
The verb is derived from Middle English (i)shaken, from (i- (prefix forming past participle forms of verbs)) + shaken (“to tremble, shake; etc.”) + -en (suffix forming past participle forms of verbs). The adjective is derived from the verb. By surface analysis, shake (verb) + -n (a variant of -en (suffix forming past participle forms of verbs; and adjectives)).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: shaken, 車剣
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈʃeɪkən/
- British English: /ˈʃeɪk(ə)n/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more shaken (comparative)
most shaken (superlative)