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