shotten

S1H4O1T1T1E1N1
UK/ˈʃɒtən/UK/-n̩/US/ˈʃɑtən/

adjective

Having ejected the spawn.

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Meanings

verb
  1. archaicparticiplepastpast participle of shoot
adjectiveshotten (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving ejected the spawn.

    Falstaff (to Francis): If manhood, good manhood, be not forgot upon the face of the earth, then am I a shotten herring.

    c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]
  2. not comparableShot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shotten

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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