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forirk

forirk verb: to irk; weary.

Verb

forirk (third-person singular simple present forirks, present participle forirking, simple past and past participle forirked)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To irk; weary.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become weary.

Forms of forirk

third-person singular presentforirks
present participleforirking
past participleforirked
pastforirked

Origin of forirk

From Middle English *forirken, forhirken, equivalent to for- + irk.

Questions about forirk

What does forirk mean?
Forirk means to irk; weary.
What part of speech is forirk?
Forirk is a verb.
What is the past tense of forirk?
The past tense of forirk is forirked.

Words near forirk in the dictionary

  1. forhush
  2. forhushes
  3. forinsec
  4. forint
  5. forints
  6. forirk
  7. forirked
  8. forirking
  9. forirks
  10. forisfamiliate
  11. forisfamiliated

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