knitten
adj/ˈnɪtən/
Etymology From knit + -en (past participle ending of some strong verbs), in mimicry of bitten, sitten (now dialectal), etc.
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Hypercorrect, Nonstandard, Sometimes knitted, knit
- With his stick in his hand and his hat of broad brim, / And his comforter red to keep warm his chin, / And his strong knitten gloves and old coat of grey, […]1858, James Whitaker, “The Old Prayer Book”, in The Village Lyre: A Collection of Fugitive Poems, Leeds: J. Heaton and Sons, page 189:
- The best sculptor might haply be glad to find in a corner some fragment of a clay model on which his fingers were employed before the knuckles were well knitten.1883, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations, volume Fourth Series, Boston: Roberts Brothers, page 268:
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- Dey kept warm wide^([sic]) de bed clothes and de knitten clothes dey had.1941, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, volume 13, Washington, DC: Library of Congress, →OCLC, page 333: