gnawn
English
Verb
gnawn
- (archaic) past participle of gnaw
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 47:
- ſee the hell of hauing a false woman : my bed ſhall be abus'd, my Coffers ranſack'd, my reputation gnawne at, and I ſhall only receiue this villanous wrong, but ſtand vnder the adoption of abhominable termes […]
Synonyms
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡnau̯n/
- Rhymes: -au̯n
Verb
gnawn
- inflection of gwneud:
- first-person plural future colloquial
- first-person singular conditional colloquial
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