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studded

UK/ˈstʌdɪd/US/ˈstʌdɪd/
adjectiveB2+2 meaningsRare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,141 of 15,258neutral

Studded means set all over with small raised pieces. Leather with metal points, a tyre with spikes for ice.

It takes with, and the things studded are usually decorative or functional rather than accidental. Boots have studs for grip and jackets have them for show. The figurative use is common in journalism, since a star-studded cast is one full of famous names, and that phrase is now close to a cliché. The noun stud also means a male horse kept for breeding, which is a quite separate word.

Definitions of studded

  1. 1adjectivestuddedCovered with small raised pieces set into a surface.B2+

    “He wore a studded leather belt.”

  2. 2adjectivefilledFilled with notable examples.C1

    “It was a star-studded line-up.”

Where it comes from

  1. Proto-Germanic

    *stōdą

  2. Proto-West Germanic

    *stōd

  3. Old English

    stōd

  4. Middle English

    stood

  5. English

    stud

  6. English, today

    studded

From stud + -ed. stud comes from Middle English stood, stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-West Germanic stōd, from Proto-Germanic stōdą. Cognate with Middle Low German stōt, German Stute, Dutch stoet and Old Norse stóð.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Man Called Ove, A Song of Ice and Fire

First appears in chapter 39 of A Man Called Ove.

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the stōd family

stud

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