knitten

English

Etymology

From knit +‎ -en (past participle ending of some strong verbs), in mimicry of bitten, sitten (now dialectal), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪtən/

Verb

knitten

1. (nonstandard, sometimes hypercorrect) past participle of knit (“knitted, knit”)

Adjective

knitten (not comparable)

1. (nonstandard, sometimes hypercorrect) knitted, knit
   • 1858, James Whitaker, “The Old Prayer Book”, in The Village Lyre: A Collection of Fugitive Poems‎^[1], Leeds: J. Heaton and Sons, page 189:

     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, […]

   • 1883, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations‎^[2], volume Fourth Series, Boston: Roberts Brothers, page 268:

     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.

   • 1941, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves‎^[3], volume 13, Washington, DC: Library of Congress, →OCLC, page 333:

     Dey kept warm wide^[sic] de bed clothes and de knitten clothes dey had.

Anagrams

• Kinnett

Middle English

Verb

knitten

1. Alternative form of knytten