Word Study
penned (root: pen)
CIDE DICTIONARY
penned, a.
- Winged; having plumes. [1913 Webster]
- Written with a pen; composed. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Enclosed in a pen; -- of animals. [PJC]
THESAURUS
penned
autograph, autographic, barred, beleaguered, beset, besieged, blockaded, bound, cabined, caged, calligraphic, chirographic, cloistered, closed-in, confined, cooped, cordoned, cordoned off, corralled, cramped, cribbed, cursive, enclosed, engrossed, fenced, flowing, graphic, graphoanalytic, graphologic, graphometric, hedged, hemmed, holograph, holographic, immured, imprisoned, in longhand, in shorthand, in writing, incarcerated, inscribed, italic, italicized, jailed, leaguered, longhand, manuscript, mewed, on paper, paled, penciled, pent-up, printed, quarantined, railed, restrained, running, scriptorial, scriptural, shorthand, shut-in, stylographic, walled, walled-in, written
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