fitten

[ fit-n ]

adjective

, South Midland and Southern U.S.

1. suitable; appropriate.
2. pleasing, attractive, or delicious:

   That pie was mighty fitten.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fitten¹

First recorded in 1635–45; fit ¹ + -en ³

Example Sentences

"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.

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Dis buchlein weiset die aufzlegung des schachzabel spils, Vnd menschlicher fitten, Auch von den ampten der edeln.

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But always his truant acumen told him later that Johnse Hatfield did not consider him "fitten."

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"Dat white child ain't no fitten company to-night," he declared.

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"Thar ain't no fitten road for a wagon leading up the coast," observed their host.

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