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egged
/ɛɡd/ · 5 letters · 3 distinct letters
A form of egg.
- verb
throw eggs at
- verb
coat with beaten egg
egg a schnitzel
- noun
animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
- noun
oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
- noun
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
she kicked him in the balls and got away
Word history
History of egg
The noun is derived from Middle English eg, egg, egge (“egg of a domestic or wild fowl; egg of a snake”) [and other forms] (originally Northern England and Northeast Midlands), from Old Norse egg (“egg”), from Proto Germanic *ajją (“egg”) (by Holtzmann’s law), from Proto Indo European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), probably from *h₂éwis (“bird”), from *h₂ew (“to consume”). The native English ey [and other forms] (plural eyren) (obsolete), from Old English ǣġ, is also derived from Proto Germanic *ajją. It survived into at least c. 16th century before being fully displaced by egg.
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- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 35: the core list of everyday words.
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- Used about once in every 3 million words.
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