potted

Etymology

Adjective meaning "prepared in advance" by analogy with potted meat (canned meat), first used in a published work by L. Susan Stebbing in her Pelican classic Thinking to some purpose (1939), where "potted thinking" is defined as "a compressed statement to save us the trouble of thinking".

verb

1. simple past and past participle of pot
   potted meat

adj

1. (of a plant) Grown or planted in a plant pot.
   Granny waters her potted plants on the windowsill every day.
2. (informal) Prepared in advance, as though preserved by potting.
   The company released a potted statement.
3. (slang) Drunk.
4. Of a biographical or historical account, expressed in a relatively short, brief form.
   A potted history