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gladen

Syllables: glad·en/ˈɡlædən/

gladen noun: sword grass. Also the obsolete form of gladden.

gladen: sword grass
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Noun

gladen (uncountable)

  1. Sword grass.
  2. Any plant with sword-shaped leaves, especially Iris foetidissima.

Also used as

gladen is also the obsolete form of gladden.

Forms of gladen

Noun
alternative formgladdon
alternative formglader
Verb
third-person singular presentgladens
present participlegladening
past participlegladened
pastgladened

Origin of gladen

From Old English glaedene from Latin gladiolus (“little sword; sword lily”).

Words that rhyme with gladen

Questions about gladen

What does gladen mean?
Gladen means sword grass.
What part of speech is gladen?
Gladen is a noun.
How do you pronounce gladen?
Gladen is pronounced /ˈɡlædən/.

Words near gladen in the dictionary

  1. gladdon
  2. glade
  3. Glade Valley
  4. gladed
  5. gladelike
  6. gladen
  7. gladened
  8. gladening
  9. gladens
  10. glades
  11. Glades County

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