ridden
See also: -ridden
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɪdən/, [ˈɹʷɪdn̩], [ˈɹʷɪd̚n̩], (with t-flapping) [ˈɹʷɪɾn̩]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪdən
- Homophone: written (with t-flapping)
Etymology 1 edit
See ride (verb)
Verb edit
ridden
- past participle of ride
Adjective edit
ridden (comparative more ridden, superlative most ridden)
Derived terms edit
Terms derived from ridden
- angst-ridden
- bedridden
- book-ridden
- bug-ridden
- caste-ridden
- church-ridden
- cliché-ridden
- cloud-ridden
- conflict-ridden
- court-ridden
- crime-ridden
- crisis-ridden
- debt-ridden
- devil-ridden
- disease-ridden
- drudgery-ridden
- drug-ridden
- dust-ridden
- fever-ridden
- flea-ridden
- gout-ridden
- guilt-ridden
- hagridden
- louse-ridden
- memory-ridden
- money-ridden
- obstacle-ridden
- passion-ridden
- plague-ridden
- priest-ridden
- rat-ridden
- scandal-ridden
- scum-ridden
- sex-ridden
- sin-ridden
- sleaze-ridden
- slum-ridden
- sorrow-ridden
- storm-ridden
- strife-ridden
- violence-ridden
- war-ridden
- waste-ridden
- wormridden
Etymology 2 edit
See rid
Verb edit
ridden
- (archaic, rare, now nonstandard) past participle of rid
- 1752, Journal of Captain William Trent from Logstown to Pickawillany:
- As the New York traders to reach the Miami country passed through that of the Iroquois, the French devised a plan, which, if successful, would soon have ridden them of the English encroachments.
- 1752, Journal of Captain William Trent from Logstown to Pickawillany:
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English *ryddan, past participle of geryd.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ridden
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of ridden (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “ridden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.