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askile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ask-ile
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Askant.

Obsolete

Etymology

From a- + *skile, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse skjalgr (“askew, wry, oblique, squinting”), from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz (“squint-eyed, sloping”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to lean, bend; joint”). Cognate with Icelandic skjálgur (“squinting”), German scheel (“cross-eyed, leering, envious, jealous”), Dutch scheel (“cross-eyed, squinting”), Old English sceolh (“squinting, oblique, awry”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

more askile (comparative) most askile (superlative)

Questions

What does askile mean?
Askant.
Where does askile come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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