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Also Inflected form of pot

potted

pot·ted

US/ˈpɑtɪd/ uncommon informal slang

adjective

1.

of plants; planted or grown in a pot

  • “potted geraniums”
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2.

preserved in a pot or can or jar

  • “potted meat”
  • “potted shrimp”
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3.

(British informal) summarized or abridged

  • “a potted version of a novel”
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Origin

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".

Phrases

  • potted plant
  • potted shrimp

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