shaven
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Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
shaven
- Having been shaved.
- 1784, The House that Jack Built, page 8:
- This is the Prieſt all ſhaven and ſhorn, that married the man all tattered and torn[.]
Usage notes edit
- The adjectives shaven and shaved have no semantic difference, although shaven is especially used in combination (such as in "newly-shaven").
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having been shaved
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Verb edit
shaven
- past participle of shave