cornered

English

Verb

cornered

simple past tense and past participle of corner

Anagrams

nerdcore

Middle English

Alternative forms

cornerd, cornerede, cornerid, corneryd

Etymology

From corner +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrnərid/, /ˈkɔrnərɛd/, /ˈkɔrneːrid/

Adjective

cornered

Cornered; possessing corners or angles.
(rare) Connected in the middle.

Descendants

English: cornered, corner (the verb is a back-formation)
Scots: cornert, corner (the verb is a back-formation)

References

“cornẹ̄̆red (ppl.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-08.

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