ridden

See also: -ridden

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɪdən/, [ˈɹʷɪdn̩], [ˈɹʷɪd̚n̩], (with t-flapping) [ˈɹʷɪɾn̩]
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪdən
  • Homophone: written (with t-flapping)

Etymology 1

Morphologically ride +‎ -en.

See ride (verb).

Verb

ridden

  1. past participle of ride

Adjective

ridden (comparative more ridden, superlative most ridden)

  1. (in combination) Full of.
  2. (in combination) Oppressed, dominated or plagued by.
Derived terms
Terms derived from ridden

Etymology 2

Morphologically rid +‎ -en.

See rid.

Verb

ridden

  1. (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.

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English *ryddan, past participle of geryd.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈridən/

Verb

ridden

  1. to clear, make bare
  2. to free (oneself)

Conjugation
Conjugation of ridden (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) ridden, ridde
present tense past tense
1st-person singular ridde ridded
2nd-person singular riddest riddedest
3rd-person singular riddeth ridded
subjunctive singular ridde
imperative singular —
plural1 ridden, ridde riddeden, riddede
imperative plural riddeth, ridde —
participles riddynge, riddende ridded, yridded

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
  • English: rid
  • Yola: red

References
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