boughten

9.9

Sold in shops rather than made at home

adjective
/ˈbɔːtən/

Archaic

: comprado

Is that boughten cake from the bakery?

Examples

In his family, biscuits were always boughten, never made from scratch.
She proudly wore her boughten dress to the party, even though it wasn't homemade.
Some people prefer handmade gifts, but I don't mind receiving boughten ones.
She prefers boughten bread over homemade.
In his family, biscuits were always boughten, never made from scratch.
She proudly wore her boughten dress to the party, even though it wasn't homemade.
Some people prefer handmade gifts, but I don't mind receiving boughten ones.

Synonyms

store-bought

vsboughten

26 2.3

People buy it in a shop or store instead of making it at home

is a regional US or archaic form with the same meaning

Antonyms

handmade

255 2.9

An item that a person makes with their hands instead of a machine, often with care

homemade

179 1.3

Made at home rather than bought from a store

Surface Forms

boughten positive

Morphology

boughten = bought (transparent) = bought + en

The adjective is directly formed from 'bought' with the adjectival/past-participle suffix '-en', so its meaning 'purchased, not homemade' is clear from the base.

Etymology

Boughten is an old or regional adjective formed from bought plus the old ending -en, and it means 'bought' or 'store-purchased' rather than homemade, a simple way to say something was bought at a shop.