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He found what he was looking for, cleared his throat, and said: "I must say, my
colleague Mr. Don Packham was feeling somewhat forswunk this afternoon."
Debbie said nothing for a moment, didn't even move, but her eyes gradually lost
their ...
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A Dictionary of English Etymology: E - P
Forwearied is wearied out ; forswunk and forswat is worn out with labour and
sweat. Force. It. forza, Mid. Lat. forcia, for fortia, from fortis, strong. — Diez. Fr.
force, strength, virtue, efficacy, also store, plenty, abundance. — Cot. It is in this
latter ...
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Dictionary of English Etymology
Forwearicd is wearied out ; forswunk and forswat is worn out with labour and
sweat. Force. It. form, Mid. Lat. foreia, for fortia, from fortis, strong. — Diez. Fr.
force, strength, -virtue, efficacy, also store, plenty, abundance. — Cot. It is in this
latter ...
Hensleigh Wedgwood (M.A.), 1862
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The Word Museum: The Most Remarkable English Words Ever ...
Scotland Wright] sEE forswunk ratherest Most of all. In use from 1420 to
Elizabethan times. [Onions] rattle-bladder A bladder filled with [dried] peas or the
like to make a noise, used in frightening birds off com. [Davies] ratt-rime Originally
, ...
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English Language Word Builder
... DISCLOST DOWNMOST DUCKFOOT EMENDALS EPITHECAe FEELGOOD
FINIcKINg FLEISHIG FORDONNE FORNENST FORSWUNK FUNICULI
GASWORKS GLIOMATA GOSPODIN GUDEWIFE ACROMION ALBERGHI
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Roget's Descriptive Word Finder
... forfoughen forjeskit: worn out from work; forjesket forswunk: completely worn
out from hard labor gravedinous: drowsy haggard: gaunt and careworn hoined:
fatigued; oppressed humdrum: tedious; uninteresting irksome: wearisome;
tiresome ...
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A word in your ear ; &, Just another word
If indeed he had so turned from Latin texts to garden-tools, he would certainly
have been forswunk. Trenching and hoeing and weeding are genuine swink. I
understand that forswunk is also applied to the sated lover, 'all passion spent'.
Ivor John Carnegie Brown, 1963
If he was tired out after a day's haymaking he'd say he was ' fair forswunk ',
forswunk being a kind of past participle of Chaucer's ' swinke ', meaning to work
hard. He'd call an overdressed woman a doxy (and I'd wonder if the word had
any ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
vi to swear falsely: — pat forswore': pap forsworn . — adj forsworn' perjured,
having forsworn oneself. — n forsworn ness. forswear oneself to swear falsely. [
Pfx for- (lb)] forswink fur-sveingk' or for-, (obs) vt to exhaust by labour. — adj
forswunk ...
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The Lost Beauties of the English Language: An Appeal to ...
Forswunk, utterly worn out with swink, or hard labor. She is my goddess plain,
And I her shepherd swain, Albeit fhrswunk and forswat I am. Spenser: Shepherd's
Calendar. Forthright, straightforward, in the right direction ; a straight path.
WIADOMOŚCI, KTÓRE ZAWIERAJĄ SŁOWO «FORSWUNK»
Sprawdź, o czym dyskutuje się w prasie krajowej i zagranicznej oraz jak jest stosowane słowo
forswunk w wiadomościach.
Phil MacHugh: Haggis, whisky, tartan and a cold can of Irn Bru …
He would write about how hangovers left him feeling “ramfeezled and forswunk” so we know he enjoyed a drink or two but thankfully for me ... «Scottish Daily Record, Sty 14»
Borborygmus, ramfeezled and zamzodden: Weird and wonderful …
RAMFEEZLED: exhausted by overwork, a synonym for the equally lovely word, forswunk. BLATTEROON: a senseless boaster or blabberer, ... «Express.co.uk, Lis 13»
Jeremy Paxman provokes Scottish ire with attack on Robert Burns
Describing himself as "forswunk", he wrote: "It's not exactly a word one hears every day, but, as a term to describe dog-tiredness it has a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sie 08»
Burns is 'king of sentimental doggerel', says Paxman
Acknowledging such linguistic gems as "forswunk", he wrote: "It's not exactly a word one hears every day, but, as a term to describe ... «Independent, Sie 08»
