Definition of Bitten

1. a. Terminating abruptly, as if bitten off; premorse.

Definition of Bitten

1. Verb. (past participle of bite) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bitten

1. bite [v] - See also: bite

Medical Definition of Bitten

1. Terminating abruptly, as if bitten off; premorse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bitten

bitstocks
bitstream
bitstreams
bitstring
bitstrings
bitsy
bitt
bitt-heads
bitt-pin
bitt-pins
bitt pin
bittacle
bittacles
bitte
bitted
bitten (current term)
bitten-to-the-quick
bitter
bitter-bark
bitter almond
bitter almond oil
bitter aloes
bitter apple
bitter betch
bitter chocolate
bitter cress
bitter dock
bitter end
bitter ends

Literary usage of Bitten

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1878)
"The death from hydrophobia of a boy after being bitten by a raccoon is recorded by Dr. Russell, of Lincoln, Massachusetts, in the "Transactions of the ..."

2. Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator by Edward Whymper (1892)
"Louis was found to be a cripple, quite unable to walk, through his feet having been severely frost-bitten. They were frightfully swollen, blistered and ..."

3. The Lancet (1842)
"Are we never, then, to excise parts bitten by a rabid animal, or to remove a portion of the prepuce on which a recent chancre is situated ? ..."

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