forswunk

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adjective

totally worn out from work

OriginMiddle English forswunken →
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Meanings

adjectiveforswunk (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoletetotally 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

  1. Middle Englishforswunken
  2. Englishforswunk

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

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APA

forswunk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forswunk

MLA

“forswunk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forswunk. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forswunk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forswunk.

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