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dented
/ˈdɛntɪd/ · 6 letters · 4 distinct letters
- adjective
of metal e.g.
bent nails
Word history
History of dent
1. From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). 2. From French dent, from Latin dēns, dentis (“tooth”).
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