Meaning
simple past and past participle of pot
Etymology
Origin: Unknown
From pot + -ed. Adjective meaning "prepared in advance" by analogy with potted meat (canned meat), first used in a published work by L. Susan Stebbing in her Pelican classic Thinking to some purpose (1939), where "potted thinking" is defined as "a compressed statement to save us the trouble of thinking".
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
preparedAdrian Quistadripaled upall mops and broomsarseholeda sheet in the winda sheet in the wind's eyebedrunkenbefuddled
Antonyms
unpotted
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 3 recorded puzzles: