† forriddenadj.
Obsolete.
a. Of a person: Wearied with riding.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > other spec.
forsung?a1366
fordreamed?a1400
forplaint1423
forwallowed1423
forcrieda1600
overdriven1653
over-drove1751
mooth1768
forridden1820
fatigued1853
stale1856
fucked-out1862
wooden-weary1888
blind-weary.1923
partied-out1950
stressed out1980
1820 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. May 422 Sare forridden, my merry menyie Left me my livan' lane.
b. Of a horse: That has been ridden to excess (in quot. transferred).
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adjective] > ridden to excess
forridden?a1513
overridden1596
surreined1601
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 220 The court hes done my curage cuill And maid me ane forriddin muill.
1635 T. Cranley Amanda 23 Young bold-faced Queanes, and old fore-ridden Iades.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.?a1513