parroted
SayPA-ruht-id/ˈpæɹətɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of parrot.
The pundits parroted the same talking points all evening.
Critics complained that the report merely parroted the company's press release.
Note
One spelling does two jobs here: the plain past (the pundits parroted the line) and, after have or in the passive, the participle (the line had been parroted everywhere). Because parrot takes a direct object, the passive comes easily: a report parroted from a press release. The final t is not doubled, and the verb keeps the bird in view, since it means repeating words without showing understanding.
parroted is a form of parrot
parrot, verb: To repeat what has just been said, exactly and without necessarily understanding it. Full entry
- Spelling
- parrot → parroted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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