spitted
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
See spit (“impale”).
Verb edit
spitted
- simple past and past participle of spit (Etymology 1)
Adjective edit
spitted (comparative more spitted, superlative most spitted)
- Shot out long; said of antlers.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- the head of a deer, that by age is more spitted
Etymology 2 edit
See spit (“expectorate”) (Etymology 2).
Verb edit
spitted
- (nonstandard) simple past and past participle of spit (expectorate, etc, Etymology 2)
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 18:32:
- He […] shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on.