cloven

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Verb

1. Past participle of cleave

Adjective

1. Split, sundered, or divided.
   • 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II Scene 2

     CALIBAN:

     His spirits hear me,

     And yet I needs must curse. But they'll nor pinch

     Fright me with urchin-shows, pitch me i'th' mire,

     Nor lead me like a firebrand in the dark

     Out of my way, unless he bid 'em; but

     For every trifle are they set upon me,

     Sometimes like apes that now and chatter at me,

     And after bite me; then like hedgehogs, which

     Lie tumbling in my barefoot way, and mount

     Their pricks at my footfall; sometimes am I

     All wound with adders, who with their cloven tongues

     Do hiss me into madness—

Translations

• French: fendu
• Russian: раздвоенный
• Spanish: rajado

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