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mittened

mittened

1 4.2
Having warm covers on the hands that keep fingers together
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɪtnd/
: con manoplas
  • The other rider, a boy of about seventeen, leaned over to shake Leo's mittened hand.
  • mittened hand

Examples

  • She motions with her mittened hand.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • She sniffed in the darkness, a mittened hand resting lightly on his knee.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The sun was unusually bright for January, and Maggie raised a mittened hand to shade her eyes.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • A small mittened hand touched Santa's beard and withdrew.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • I was already at the Harkers' back door, hammering with mittened fists and calling when my grandmother labored up, breathing heavily.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Abby clapped her mittened hands together and stared intently at the field as the play unfolded.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The little girl wore her mittened hands while building a snowman in the yard.

  • Despite the cold, he bravely raised his mittened hands to catch the snowflakes falling from the sky.

  • She struggled to tie her scarf with her mittened fingers, which made the task a bit tricky.

Synonyms

gloved
vsmittened
20 3.0

Wearing gloves on the hands

covers hands with a single pocket for all fingers
gauntleted
vsmittened
1 9.9

Wearing a protective glove often made of metal or leather

is for warmth rather than heavy protective material

Antonyms

barehanded
2 3.7

Using the hands without gloves or other covering

Surface Forms

mittened positive

Morphology

mittened = mitten (transparent) = mitten + ed

Formed by the productive adjective/participle suffix '-ed' on the noun 'mitten', meaning 'having or wearing mittens', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Mittened comes from mitten, which is a small 'glove without separate fingers', plus the ending -ed that shows 'wearing' or 'having'. So, someone who is mittened is simply 'wearing mittens' to keep their hands warm.