stricken

Meanings

Adjective

Struck by something.
Disabled or incapacitated by something.

Verb

Past participle of strike

Origin

From Middle English striken, ystriken, from Old English stricen, ġestricen, from Proto-Germanic *strikanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *strīkaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian strieken, Dutch gestreken, German Low German streken, German gestrichen.

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