# inked

Pronunciation: US/UK say "INGKT" /ɪŋkt/; AUS say "INKT"

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of ink. — simple past and past participle of ink
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of ink. Use it for something that already happened.
   - _The cartoonist inked the pencil sketches late into the night._
   - _Startled by the diver, the octopus inked and shot off into the rocks._

## Adjective

2. Having a tattoo or tattoos on the body. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Having one or more tattoos.
   - _The bartender was heavily inked, with full sleeves on both arms._
   - _Inked models now appear in ads for banks and car companies._

## Origin

**Meaning 2** — From Middle English inked or ynkid (“written in ink”), equivalent to ink + -ed.
**Meaning 1** — Formed from ink with the suffix -ed.

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