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sitten¹

Rhymes with -ɪtən

Where it comes from

From Middle English siten, seten, from Old English seten, ġeseten, past participle of sittan (“to sit”). Equivalent to sit + -en (past participle). Cognate with Dutch gezeten, German gesessen.

verb sittin

  1. UK, archaic, dialectal, participle, past past participle of sit; alternative form of sat. For though we your brethren, who heretofore by our vocation have sitten in the chair of Moses, and be ghostly captains as Moses and Joshua unto you; [...]

adjective more sitten · most sitten · sittin

  1. Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal Seated. The tailȝeour was no thing weill sittin, He left the sadill.
  2. Settled; stationary; not easily stirred or moved. Their fire edge might help to kindle-up old sitten-up professours.

sitten²

Rhymes with -ɪtən

Where it comes from

From Middle English sitten, equivalent to sit + -en (plural present).

verb sittin

  1. obsolete, plural, present plural simple present of sit Such merimake holy saints doth queme, But we here sytten as drownd in a dreme.

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"sitten." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sitten. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"sitten." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sitten.

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@misc{sitten_2026,
  title = {sitten},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sitten},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}