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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beswink

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
beswink
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to labour, toil; belabour

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English beswinken, from Old English beswincan (“to labour, toil, exert oneself”); equivalent to be- + swink. More at swink.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

beswinks (present, singular) beswinking (participle, present) beswank (past) beswunk (participle, past) beswunken (participle, past)

Questions

What does beswink mean?
to labour, toil; belabour
Where does beswink come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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