thrown en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /θɹoʊn/ (General-American)
- thrōn (Received-Pronunciation)
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- (UK) audio
- thrōn (General-American)
- /θɹəʊn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English throwen, from Old English þrāwen, ġeþrāwen, from Proto-Germanic *þrēanaz, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną. Doublet of thran. Morphologically throw + -n.
Meanings
-
(not-comparable) Launched by throwing.
a thrown weapon
- (not-comparable) Twisted into a single thread, as silk or yarn.
-
(not-comparable, slang) Confused; perplexed.
I was totally thrown by his bizarre remarks.
Deriveds
downthrown · windthrown · unthrown · thrownness · forethrown