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whatten.

What.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

pron/wɒtən//wɑtən/
  1. What.

    Ireland · Northern-England · Scotland · archaic · dialectal
Where this word comes from

Originally a contraction of what kind (of) (the DSL traces the Scots cognate back to Middle English whatkin, whatkyn, but the MED's only example is of the two-word collocation what kyn), later used in place of bare what.

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