crutched

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adjective

Supported upon crutches.

“a crutched friar”

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of crutch
adjectivecrutched (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSupported upon crutches.

    Youth has not yet completely gone with its beauty, grace, and strength; nor has age at all come with its decrepitudes; though the finest undrossed parts of it—its mildness and its wisdom—have gone on before, as decorous chamberlains precede the sedan of some crutched king.

    1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities
  2. not comparableMarked with the sign of the cross; crouched.

    a crutched friar

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crutched. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crutched

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“crutched.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crutched. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crutched,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crutched.

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