[1605–15; cornute + -ed2]This word is first recorded in the period 1605–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: classic, displacement, ferrule, gothic, surface-ed is a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting fromthe action of the verb (inflated balloons). Other words that use the affix -ed include: limited, sheltered, truncated, unattended, unsettled