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Mitten
Definitions
- 1 The Lower Peninsula of Michigan, United States. informal
- 2 A flat-topped mountain near Mount Armytage, Antarctica.
- 1 A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.
- 2 glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together wordnet
- 3 The paw of a cat or dog that is of a different color from the main body.
- 4 A romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover. colloquial, dated
"to give someone the mitten; to get the mitten"
- 5 A boxing glove. in-plural, slang
- 1 To dress in mittens; to put a mitten on. transitive
"He mittened his hand and beat it violently for a minute before exposing it to the frost to strike a match."
Etymology
From Middle English myteyne, from Old French mitaine (Modern French mitaine), of unclear origin; possibly from mite, miste (“playful name for cat”) + -aine. Alternatively, mitaine may be from Old High German mittamo (“half”), superlative of mitti (“midpoint”), from Proto-Germanic *midjô, *midją (“middle, center”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, center”). Compare Catalan mitana, Medieval Latin mitta, mitana, and Occitan mitana.
From Middle English myteyne, from Old French mitaine (Modern French mitaine), of unclear origin; possibly from mite, miste (“playful name for cat”) + -aine. Alternatively, mitaine may be from Old High German mittamo (“half”), superlative of mitti (“midpoint”), from Proto-Germanic *midjô, *midją (“middle, center”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, center”). Compare Catalan mitana, Medieval Latin mitta, mitana, and Occitan mitana.
From the mitten-like shape.
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