nutmegged

nutmegged is the simple past and past participle of nutmeg.

Adjective

nutmegged (not comparable)

Seasoned with nutmeg.
- Bake a rye-loaf well nutmegged; cut it in pieces and put it in a narrow bag with some hops and some wheat, and put the bag into the cask at the bung-hole.1814, John Nicholson, The Farmer's Assistant, page 17
(obsolete) Of the liver, textured like nutmeg as a result of hepatopathy.
- Ultimately the liver becomes nutmegged, the spleen and the kidneys indurated, the stomach congested.1886, Charles Hilton Fagge, “Chronic Bronchitis”, in The Principles and Practice of Medicine, volume 1, page 875

nutmeg (third-person singular simple present nutmegs, present participle nutmegging, simple past and past participle nutmegged)

(transitive) To flavour with nutmeg.
- She decided the eggnog was lacking in flavor, so she decided to nutmeg it heavily.
(transitive) To play the ball between the legs of (an opponent).
- Barcelona did not just out play them, they emphatically put them in their place during that opening 45 minutes when Luis Suárez scored twice, Dani Alves struck the crossbar, Lionel Messi nutmegged David Silva and Manuel Pellegrini’s team stumbled to the interval like a side in need of smelling...2015 February 24, Daniel Taylor, “Luis Suárez strikes twice as Barcelona teach Manchester City a lesson”, in The Guardian (London)

What does nutmegged mean?: Nutmegged means seasoned with nutmeg.
What is nutmegged the simple past and past participle of?: Nutmegged is the simple past and past participle of nutmeg.
What part of speech is nutmegged?: Nutmegged is an adjective.

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