ridden

See also: -ridden

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĭd′n, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪd.n̩/, [ˈɹʷɪ.dn̩], [ˈɹʷɪ.d̚n̩], (with t-flapping) [ˈɹʷɪ.ɾn̩]

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• Homophone: written (with t-flapping)
• Rhymes: -ɪdən
• Hyphenation: rid‧den

Etymology 1

Morphologically ride +‎ -en.

See ride (verb).

Verb

ridden

1. past participle of ride

Derived terms

• forridden
• over-ridden
• unridden

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
• poverty-ridden
• priest-ridden
• rat-ridden
• riddenness
• 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

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

Descendants

• English: rid

References

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