fitten

[ fit-n ]

/ ˈfɪt n /

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adjective South Midland and Southern U.S.

suitable; appropriate.

pleasing, attractive, or delicious: That pie was mighty fitten.

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Origin of fitten

First recorded in 1635–45; fit¹ + -en³

Words nearby fitten

fit out, fits and starts, fitspiration, fitspo, fitted, fitten, fitter, fitting, fitting room, Fittipaldi, fit to be tied

How to use fitten in a sentence

"Hit's the pore house fer a cow hand," was his terse aphorism on the subject, and Landy had never seen a "fitten" poor house.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
Dis buchlein weiset die aufzlegung des schachzabel spils, Vnd menschlicher fitten, Auch von den ampten der edeln.
Game and Playe of the Chesse|Caxton
But always his truant acumen told him later that Johnse Hatfield did not consider him "fitten."
The Red Debt|Everett MacDonald
"Dat white child ain't no fitten company to-night," he declared.
The Boy Chums in the Gulf of Mexico|Wilmer M. Ely

"Thar ain't no fitten road for a wagon leading up the coast," observed their host.
The Boy Chums in the Gulf of Mexico|Wilmer M. Ely