Pronunce (3)
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/ɔːk/
Note sulla pronuncia
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ɔːk/
Note sulla pronuncia
- US
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/ɑːk/
Note sulla pronuncia
- cot-caught-merger
Aggettivo
Odd; out of order; perverse.
Uso- obsoleto
Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister.
Uso- obsoleto
- Esempi
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the awk end of hir charmed rod
Clumsy in performance or manners; not dexterous; awkward.
Uso- uso britannico
- dialectal
- obsoleto
- Sinonimi
- Esempi
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Altri esempi (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.
Uso- uso statunitense
- gergo
- of a situation
Avverbio
Perversely; in the wrong way.
Uso- obsoleto
- Esempi
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Ill huſbandry drowſeth at fortune ſo awke, / good huſbandry rowſeth him ſelfe like a hawke.