contented

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kənˈtɛntɪd/
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Verb

contented

  1. simple past and past participle of content

Adjective

contented (comparative more contented, superlative most contented)

  1. Satisfied.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English contenten.

Pronunciation

Adjective

contented

  1. satisfied
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 96:
      Zoo wough aul returnth hime, contented an gaay,
      So we all returned home, contented and gay,

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 96