acorned en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógr̥der.? Proto-Germanic *akraną Proto-West Germanic *akarn Old English æcern Middle English corninflu. Middle English acorn English acorn English -ed English acorned From acorn + -ed.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Furnished or loaded with acorns
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(not-comparable, rare) Fed 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]: