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taken.

Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈteɪ.kn̩/

  1. Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.

    not-comparable
    He was very taken with the girl, I hear.

  2. In a serious romantic relationship.

    informal · not-comparable
    I can't ask her out, she's taken.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English taken, takenn, from Old English tacen, *ġetacen, from Old Norse tekinn, from Proto-Germanic *tēkanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to take; grasp; touch”). Cognate with Scots takin, tane, Danish tagen, Swedish tagen, Icelandic tekin. Morphologically take + -n.

verb/ˈteɪ.kn̩/

  1. past participle of take

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

From Middle English taken, takenn, from Old English tacen, *ġetacen, from Old Norse tekinn, from Proto-Germanic *tēkanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to take; grasp; touch”). Cognate with Scots takin, tane, Danish tagen, Swedish tagen, Icelandic tekin. Morphologically take + -n.

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