oughten

== English == === Contraction === oughten (colloquial or dialectal) ought not, oughtn't === Anagrams === toughen == Middle English == === Alternative forms === ohtoun, ouȝten, ughten, uȝten uhhtenn (Ormulum) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English ūhtan, oblique singular and nominative/accusative plural of ūhta, from Proto-West Germanic *ų̄htwā, from Proto-Germanic *unhtwǭ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈu(ː)x.tən/ IPA(key): /ˈɔx.tən/, /ˈɔu̯x.tən/ (possibly, with lowering) === Noun === oughten (plural *oughtens) (uncommon, poetic) the last part of the night, before dawn