blamed
UK[bleɪmd]US[bleɪmd]
v
Past tense and past participle of blame; to say or think that someone or something is responsible for something bad.
adj
(informal) Used for emphasis, especially to express annoyance (e.g., the blamed thing broke).
Etymology
The verb 'blame' entered English in the 12th century from Old French blasmer, meaning "to rebuke, reprimand, condemn," which itself derived from Late Latin blasphemare, "to reproach, revile, blaspheme." This Latin term originated from Greek blasphēmein, composed of blaptein (to injure) and phēmē (utterance, reputation), thus literally meaning "to speak injuriously." The semantic journey narrowed from a general sense of verbal abuse to the more specific modern meaning of assigning responsibility for a fault or mistake. The participial adjective 'blamed' evolved in American English as a euphemistic alteration of "damned," used for mild, emphatic censure.
Analysis
The word 'blamed' is the inflected past tense and past participle form of the verb 'blame'. It is not productively segmentable into distinct, meaningful morphemes in modern English beyond its base form 'blame' and the regular past tense suffix '-ed'.
Examples
She blamed the bad weather for the cancellation of the picnic.
He was unfairly blamed for the team's loss.
I can't find the blamed car keys anywhere.