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rooted

  • /ˈɹuːtɪd/
  • /ɹʊtɪd/

Sounds like routed (some pronunciations) · Rhymes with -uːtɪd, -ʊtɪd

adjective more rooted · most rooted

  1. Having roots, or a certain type of roots. deep-rooted
  2. Fixed in one position; immobile; unable to move. She stayed rooted in place.
  3. figuratively Ingrained, as through repeated use; entrenched; habitual or instinctive. 1782 May, Isaac Kimber, Edward Kimber (editors), The Link-Boy, The London Magazine, or, Gentleman′s Monthly Intelligencer, Volume 51, page 205, He will immediately break in on their moſt rooted prejudices ; and with a kind of malignant ſatisfaction hack their darling notions with unſparing rigour an
  4. figuratively, usually, with "in" Having a basic or fundamental connection (to a thing); based, originating (from). Proper Philadelphians, especially before they became Episcopalians, and the unfashionable branches of their families to this day are surely more rooted in Westtown than St. Paul′s, the fashionable favorite.
  5. of a tree or graph Having a root.
  6. slang In trouble or in strife, screwed. I am absolutely rooted if Ferris finds out about this
  7. Australia, New Zealand, slang Broken, damaged, non-functional. I'm going to have to call a mechanic, my car's rooted.
  8. not comparable Having a root (superuser) account that has been compromised. You are rooted. All your base are belong to us.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of root

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Closest in meaning: frozen, stock-still, unmoving, nonmoving, turnip, tuberous, derived, anchored, pinned, embed, built, seated, shaped, grounded, deep-seated, linked

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adj fundamentally connected

Españolarraigado, enraizado, raiceado, raizado

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@misc{rooted_2026,
  title = {rooted},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rooted},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}