boughten

Also used as

boughten is also the past participle of buy.

Examples of boughten in a sentence

• The round straw hat that he had on was boughten ; for there was nobody in Downingville in them days that understood making straw hats, though, since that time, they’ve got to making a plenty of ’em.1844, Major Jack Downing, “A Brief Sketch of Uncle Joshua”, in John Keese, editor, The Wintergreen, page 48:
• But Father and Mother and the girls were very fine, in clothes that Mother had made of store-boughten cloth, woven by machines.1933, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farmer Boy, Harper, published 1971, →ISBN, page 86:
• You're in the same room at school and you can stick together, but I'll be the only one in my room who doesn't have a boughten haircut."1954, Beverly Cleary, Henry and Ribsy, 2001 1st Scholastic edition, page 113

Origin of boughten

From bought + -en (past participle ending of some verbs).

Words that rhyme with boughten

• caughten
• foughten

Questions about boughten

What does boughten mean?

Boughten means having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade), storebought.

How do you use boughten in a sentence?

The round straw hat that he had on was boughten ; for there was nobody in Downingville in them days that understood making straw hats, though, since that time, they’ve got to making a plenty of ’em.

What part of speech is boughten?

Boughten is an adjective.

How do you pronounce boughten?

Boughten is pronounced /ˈbɔːtən/.