Meanings
adjectivereeden (not comparable)
- archaicnot comparablepoeticMade from reeds.
Through reeden pipes convey the golden flood.
1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*hriudīn“made of reed”
- Old English*hrēoden
- Middle Englishreeden
- Englishreeden
From Middle English reeden, reden, from Old English *hrēoden, *hrīeden (attested in placenames), from Proto-West Germanic *hriudīn (“made of reed”), equivalent to reed + -en (“made of”). Cognate with West Frisian reiden (“made of reed”), Dutch rieten (“made of reed”).
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Rhymes with reeden
SwedenedenWhedonBreedenPedencotyledonacotyledonboustrophedondicotyledonmicrocotyledonmonocotyledonpolycotyledontricotyledon
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APA
reeden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reeden
MLA
“reeden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reeden. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reeden,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reeden.
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