breathed
verbadjectiveattested in dialogue
- //bɹiːðd//
- //bɹɛθt//
Having a specified kind of breath.
verb
- 1
Also a form of breathesimple past and past participle of breathe
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English breethder. Middle English brethen English breathe English -ed English breathed From breathe + -ed.
adjective
- 1
Having a specified kind of breath.
A less matter would hold a well-breathed minstrel in subject for recitation for a calendar month, Sundays and holydays included.
She was so mad you'd have thought she'd been propositioned by a bad-breathed lobbyist in a broken-elevator encounter at City Hall.
- 2
voiceless, contrasting with voiced
Etymology
From breath + -ed.
breast · Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's…breath · The act or process of breathing.breathe · To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the…
breathed · Having a specified kind of breath.
Breathed · A surname.breather · Something or someone that breathes.breathing · A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.