winged

See also: wingèd

English

Etymology 1

wing (noun) + -ed

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɪŋ(ɪ)d/

Adjective

winged (not comparable)

  1. Having wings.
    • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
      The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters  But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.
  2. Flying or soaring as if on wings.
  3. Swift.
  4. (in combination) having wings of a specified kind
    weak-winged
  5. (in combination) having the specified number of wings
    The six-winged Seraphim are the angels closest to God.
Translations

Etymology 2

See wing (verb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɪŋd/

Verb

winged

  1. simple past tense and past participle of wing

Etymology 3

See winge (verb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɪndʒd/

Verb

winged

  1. simple past tense and past participle of winge

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