troddenadj.
/ˈtrɒd(ə)n/ a. That has been walked, stepped, or trampled upon (also figurative): see senses of tread v. Also in combinations, as downtrodden adj.
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society > authority > subjection > [adjective] > suppressed
to-bentc1401
suppressed1536
trodden1545
quailed1567
overtroddena1586
underfoot1594
undertrodden1594
downtrodden1597
downtrod1598
low-broughta1599
silenced1609
overborne1611
crusheda1616
trod1638
run-down1683
trampleda1764
overtrampled1827
sat-upon1873
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [adjective] > with the foot > trampling or trampled
trampledc1440
trodden1545
conculcate1583
tramplinga1586
obtrite1656
downtrodden1800
1545 Bibliotheca Eliotæ Pressatus, oppressed, charged, troden downe.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C3 The troden gras, In which the tract of peoples footing was.
1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Fable Acis, Polyphemus & Galatea in Examen Poeticum 90 More revengeful, than a trodden Snake.
1765 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) I. Ded. p. xvii I was, as a trodden Worm, and turned.
a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 421 There's hope, too, for his trodden thralls.
b. Of a path, etc.: Formed or marked by treading; beaten.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > track, trail, or path > [adjective] > beaten or well-trodden
berrieda1382
well-beaten?c1425
forbeatc1430
well-trodden?1566
traded?1567
trodden1576
well-traded1576
tracked1589
pathed1597
trite1601
beaten1748
paddered1789
well-travelled1797
padded1821
over-beaten1873
1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 226 (margin) Pouertie the troden path to vertuous conuersation.
1615 W. Lawson Country Housewifes Garden (1626) 19 To walke in the plaine trodden path.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 34 Now by trodden way and wild Goes Heimir long.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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