boughten
pronunciation
How to pronounce boughten in British English:
UK ['baʊten]
How to pronounce boughten in American English:
US ['baʊten]
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- Adjective:
- purchased; not homemade
Word Origin
- boughten (adj.)
- irregular past participle of buy; as an adjective from 1793, especially in colloquial U.S. usage, of clothing and other items, opposed to "made." BOUGHTEN. Which is bought. This is a common word in the interior of New England and New York. It is applied to articles purchased from the shops, to distinguish them from similar articles of home manufacture. [Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1848]