taken

adjectiveverbtop 1 000 in film dialogue

//ˈteɪ.kn̩//

Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.

adjective

1
Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.
He was very taken with the girl, I hear.
2
informalIn a serious romantic relationship.
I can't ask her out, she's taken.

Etymology

From Middle English taken, takenn, from Old English tacen, *ġetacen, from Old Norse tekinn, from Proto-Germanic *tēkanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to take; grasp; touch”). Cognate with Scots takin, tane, Danish tagen, Swedish tagen, Icelandic tekin. Morphologically take + -n.

verb

1
Also a form of takepast participle of take
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taken · Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.

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