PENT

pent, shut up

(adjective) closely confined

PEN

write, compose, pen, indite

(verb) produce a literary work; “She composed a poem”; “He wrote four novels”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

pent (plural pents)

Confinement; concealment.

Adjective

pent

Confined in a pen, imprisoned.

• W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado.

Usage notes

Use of bare “pent”, as in the Gilbert quotation above, has become less common over time. (Use of “pent up” or “pent in” remains about as common.)

Verb

pent

(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of pen; alternative form of penned

Etymology 2

Noun

pent (plural pents)

(informal, music) A pentatonic scale.

Etymology 3

Noun

pent (plural pents)

(informal, paganism) A pentacle or pentagram.

Anagrams

• ENTP, PETN

Etymology

Noun

Pent (plural Pents)

(computing) A Pentium microprocessor or computer.

Anagrams

• ENTP, PETN

Source: Wiktionary

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Pent, p. p. or a. Etym: [From Pen, v. t.]

Definition: Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up. Here in the body pent. J. Montgomery. No pent-up Utica contracts your powers. J. M. Sewall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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