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mit⋅ten

[mit-n]
–noun
1. a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb separately.
2. mitt (def. 4).

Origin:
1350–1400; ME miteyn < MF, OF mitaine, equiv. to mite mitten (< ?) + -aine -an


mit⋅ten⋅like, adjective
mit·ten   (mĭt'n)   
n.  A covering for the hand that encases the thumb separately and the four fingers together.

[Middle English, from Old French mitaine (from mite, cat's caress, mitten, from mit, cat) and from Medieval Latin mitta, mitten (possibly from Old French mite).]
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