SHOTTEN


Meaning of SHOTTEN in English

ˈshät ə n adjective

Etymology: Middle English shotyn, from shoten, shotyn (past participle of sheten, shoten, shuten to shoot), from Old English gescoten

1.

a. : having ejected the spawn and so of inferior food value

full or shotten herrings

lean as a shotten herring

b. dialect

(1) : weakened, dispirited

(2) : good-for-nothing

2. obsolete : shot out of its socket

swayed in the back and shoulder shotten — Shakespeare

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