英语词汇boughten的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	boughten
词源	boughten adj. irregular past participle of buy, attested as an adjective from 1793, especially in colloquial U.S. usage, in reference to clothing and other items, and opposed to made. BOUGHTEN. Which is bought. This is a common word in the interior of New England and New York. It is applied to articles purchased from the shops, to distinguish them from similar articles of home manufacture. [Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1848] Entries linking to boughten buy v. Middle English bien, from Old English bycgan (past tense bohte) "get by paying for, acquire the possession of in exchange for something of like value; redeem, ransom; procure; get done," from Proto-Germanic bugjan (source also of Old Saxon buggjan, Old Norse byggja, Gothic bugjan), which is of unknown origin and not found outside Germanic. The surviving spelling is southwest England dialect; the word was generally pronounced in Old English and Middle English with a -dg- sound as "budge," or "bidge." The meaning "believe, accept as true" is attested by 1926. Related: Bought; buying. To buy time* "prevent further deterioration but make no improvement" is attested from 1946. updated on October 22, 2022
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boughten adj.