ridden

See also: -ridden

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪdən/, [ˈɹʷɪdn̩], [ˈɹʷɪd̚n̩], (with t-flapping) [ˈɹʷɪɾn̩]

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• Homophone: written (with t-flapping)
• Rhymes: -ɪdən

Etymology 1

Morphologically ride +‎ -en.

See ride (verb).

Verb

ridden

1. past participle of ride

Adjective

ridden (comparative more ridden, superlative most ridden)

1. (in combination) Full of.
2. (in combination) Oppressed, dominated or plagued by.

Derived terms

Terms derived from ridden

• angst-ridden
• bedridden
• book-ridden
• bug-ridden
• caste-ridden
• church-ridden
• cliché-ridden
• cloud-ridden
• conflict-ridden
• court-ridden
• crime-ridden
• crisis-ridden
• debt-ridden
• devil-ridden
• disease-ridden
• drudgery-ridden
• drug-ridden
• dust-ridden
• fever-ridden
• flea-ridden
• gout-ridden
• guilt-ridden
• hagridden
• louse-ridden
• memory-ridden
• money-ridden
• obstacle-ridden
• passion-ridden
• plague-ridden
• priest-ridden
• rat-ridden
• scandal-ridden
• scum-ridden
• sex-ridden
• sin-ridden
• sleaze-ridden
• slum-ridden
• sorrow-ridden
• storm-ridden
• strife-ridden
• violence-ridden
• war-ridden
• waste-ridden
• witch-ridden
• wormridden

 

Etymology 2

Morphologically rid +‎ -en.

See rid.

Verb

ridden

1. (archaic, rare, now nonstandard) past participle of rid
   • 1752, Journal of Captain William Trent from Logstown to Pickawillany:

     As the New York traders to reach the Miami country passed through that of the Iroquois, the French devised a plan, which, if successful, would soon have ridden them of the English encroachments.

Anagrams

• Reddin, nidder, rinded

Middle English

Alternative forms

• redden

Etymology

From Old English *ryddan, past participle of geryd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈridən/

Verb

ridden

1. to clear, make bare
2. to free (oneself)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ridden (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) ridden, ridde
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	ridde	ridded
2nd-person singular	riddest	riddedest
3rd-person singular	riddeth	ridded
subjunctive singular	ridde
imperative singular		—
plural1	ridden, ridde	riddeden, riddede
imperative plural	riddeth, ridde	—
participles	riddynge, riddende	ridded, yridded

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: rid
• Yola: red

References

• “ridden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.