Prononciations (3)
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/ɔːk/
Notes de prononciation
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ɔːk/
Notes de prononciation
- US
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/ɑːk/
Notes de prononciation
- cot-caught-merger
Adjectif
Odd; out of order; perverse.
Usage- désuet
Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister.
Usage- désuet
- Exemples
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the awk end of hir charmed rod
Clumsy in performance or manners; not dexterous; awkward.
Usage- usage britannique
- dialectal
- désuet
- Synonymes
- Exemples
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Plus d’exemples (1)
[…] whose wild and madbrain humour nothing fitteth so just, as the stalest dudgen or absurdest balductum, that they or their mates can invent in odd and awk speeches […]
Awkward; uncomfortable.
Usage- usage américain
- argot
- of a situation
Adverbe
Perversely; in the wrong way.
Usage- désuet
- Exemples
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Ill huſbandry drowſeth at fortune ſo awke, / good huſbandry rowſeth him ſelfe like a hawke.