boughten

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boughten

  • /ˈbɔːtən/

Rhymes with -ɔːtən

Where it comes from

From bought + -en (past participle ending of some verbs).

adjective

  1. Canada, Cornwall, US, West Country, archaic, dialectal Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade), storebought. Is that a boughten chair?

verb

  1. US, archaic, dialectal, participle, past, rare past participle of buy He has boughten that brand of cereal before.

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@misc{boughten_2026,
  title = {boughten},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boughten},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}