Meanings
adjectiveacorned (not comparable)
- not comparableFurnished or loaded with acorns.
- not comparablerareFed or filled with acorns.
Like a full-acorn'd boar, a German one, Cried "O!" and mounted; found no opposition
1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ógr̥der.?
- Proto-Germanic*akraną
- Proto-West Germanic*akarn
- Old Englishæcern
- Middle Englishcorninflu.
- Middle Englishacorn
- Englishacorn
- Englishacorned
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APA
acorned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acorned
MLA
“acorned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acorned. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acorned,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acorned.
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