fitten

[fit-n]

adjective South Midland and Southern U.S.

Origin of fitten

First recorded in 1635–45; fit¹ + -en³

"She'd have to go to an academy first to get fitten for it," said Ma.
The Bacillus of Beauty
Harriet Stark
It is fitten,” said Jack, simply; “fitten that I should die for the law—I who have been so lawless.
The Bishop of Cottontown
John Trotwood Moore
Dey said it were fitten an' proper, an' I kept it eber sence.
Tom Swift and his Motor-cycle
Victor Appleton
They ain't got no fitten respec' fur dere elders and dat's a fac', boss.
Back Home
Irvin S. Cobb
Fit and fitten, unless my observation errs, are heard only in dialect.
The American Language
Henry L. Mencken