"knitten" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈnɪtən/
Etymology: From knit + -en (past participle ending of some strong verbs), in mimicry of bitten, sitten (now dialectal), etc. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|knit|en|pos2=past participle ending of some strong verbs}} knit + -en (past participle ending of some strong verbs), {{m|en|bitten}} bitten, {{m|en|sitten}} sitten Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} knitten (not comparable)
  1. (nonstandard, sometimes hypercorrect) knitted, knit Tags: hypercorrect, nonstandard, not-comparable, sometimes
    Sense id: en-knitten-en-adj-xMF5WSjx Categories (other): English hypercorrections

Verb

IPA: /ˈnɪtən/
Etymology: From knit + -en (past participle ending of some strong verbs), in mimicry of bitten, sitten (now dialectal), etc. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|knit|en|pos2=past participle ending of some strong verbs}} knit + -en (past participle ending of some strong verbs), {{m|en|bitten}} bitten, {{m|en|sitten}} sitten Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} knitten
  1. (nonstandard, sometimes hypercorrect) past participle of knit (“knitted, knit”) Tags: form-of, hypercorrect, nonstandard, participle, past, sometimes Form of: knit (extra: knitted, knit)
    Sense id: en-knitten-en-verb-rLJzSq-1 Categories (other): English hypercorrections, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en: 20 80

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