Dipt

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Lowered briefly into a liquid or immersed partially and then withdrawn
2. Plunged or dipped into a substance such as sauce or liquid for coating or flavoring
3. Moved downward in a quick or temporary motion, often into a container or medium

Etymology: "Dipt" is an inflected form, the simple past and past participle of "dip". It survives mainly as an archaic or poetic variant of the regular past "dipped," and its history is that of the verb it comes from. "Dip" descends from the Old English "dyppan," which goes back to a Germanic root, reconstructed as "daupijaną," meaning "to dip." The verb is related to "deep," the two words sharing a root that connects the idea of plunging something into liquid with the idea of depth. The sound pattern of "dipt" follows an older English habit of forming past tenses with a "-t" ending, as in "dealt," "kept," and "slept," which is why the form sits comfortably beside those more familiar verbs.

Synonyms: dipped, immersed