Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

akether

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: akether
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

British usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

""Us wur betwitting Bob to-day, Vor gieing all es things away, Begummers, us wur cort, Akether, 'bin ma kit's ago, I can't work w'e'r I wull or no, I'll maunch an' drink vor nort.'"
"Then she walked away, not even stopping to listen to the servant's fearless denunciation of her as "a chittering, raving, rixy, louching, haggaging moil, an nor a bent th' worserer nar hot sh' art ter be, th' wapper-eed deave-nort. Giggling akether!" shrieked the old woman, wild with resentment […]"

Etymology

Possibly from the phrase “ah,” quoth he. First appears in the 1867 work Jim an' Nell.

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

aketha (alternative)

Questions

What does akether mean?: quoth he.
Where does akether come from?: Possibly from the phrase “ah,” quoth he. First appears in the 1867 work Jim an' Nell.

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