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forswunk

forswunk adjective: totally worn out from work.

Adjective

forswunk (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) totally worn out from work
    • If indeed he had so turned from Latin texts to garden-tools, he would certainly have been forswunk.1943, "Just Another Word: Comprising A Word in Your Ear & Just Another Word", Ivor John Carnegie Brown, Ivor Brown, p. 112

Origin of forswunk

From Middle English forswunken, past participle of forswinken (“to overwork”), equivalent to for- + swunk. More at forswink.

Questions about forswunk

What does forswunk mean?
Forswunk means totally worn out from work.
What part of speech is forswunk?
Forswunk is an adjective.

Words near forswunk in the dictionary

  1. forswinks
  2. forswollen
  3. forswore
  4. forsworn
  5. forswornness
  6. forswunk
  7. Forsyte
  8. Forsytes
  9. Forsyth
  10. Forsyth County
  11. Forsythe

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