Crowned
/kɹaʊnd/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of crown form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Wearing a crown. not-comparable
- 2 Having a particular crown (top part of the head) not-comparable, often
- 3 Great, supreme; completed; excessive. not-comparable, obsolete
"Put case, he saith, all other medicines faile, by the helpe of God this alone will doe it, and tis a crowned medicine which must be kept in secret"
Adjective
- 1 provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified; often used in combination wordnet
- 2 having an (artificial) crown on a tooth wordnet
- 3 crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory wordnet
Example
More examples"Her efforts were crowned with victory."
Etymology
From Middle English coronede, crouned, crowned, crownyd, equivalent to crown + -ed. Piecewise doublet of coronaed.