# hatted

Pronunciation: say "HAT-id" /ˈhætɪd/

## Adjective

1. Wearing a hat, or wearing a hat of a specified type.
   - Simple: Wearing a hat, or wearing a particular kind of hat.
   - _A neatly hatted gentleman tipped his brim as he passed._
   - _The whole congregation sat hatted and somber through the long service._
3. Written with a circumflex (the '^' mark) placed above a letter, as in â.
   - Simple: Written with a small '^' mark on top, like the letter â.
   - _The proofreader circled a hatted e that should have stayed plain._
   - _Older spellings kept a hatted vowel where a silent letter once stood._
4. Of a restaurant or chef, having earned one or more "hats," awards that recognize high-quality food. *(Australia)*
   - Simple: Given one or more 'hats,' a special award for serving very good food.
   - _Critics debated whether the hatted venue still deserved its rating after the kitchen change._
   - _She trained for years in hatted restaurants before opening her own._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of hat. — simple past and past participle of hat
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of hat. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The tailor hatted and coated the visiting dignitaries within the hour._
   - _Each new recruit was hatted in the regiment's colors._

## Origin

Formed from "hat" combined with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/hatted (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).