bework
/bɪˈwɝk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The author, who knows the answer, beworks his brains to give it in a satisfactory and intelligible form to his audience; [...]"
Etymology
From Middle English bewurchen, from Old English bewyrċean, bewyrċan (“to work, construct, surround with, enclose, cover, work in, insert, adorn”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *wirkijaną (“to work”), equivalent to be- + work. Cognate with North Frisian bewerke (“to bework, edit”), Dutch bewerken (“to work, manipulate”), German bewirken (“to bring about, effect”), Danish bevirke (“to cause”). More at be-, work.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: bewurchen, bewyrċean, *bi-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bɪˈwɝk/
- British English: /bɪˈwɜːk/
Usage
Inflected Forms
beworks (present, singular)
beworking (participle, present)
beworked (participle, past)
beworked (past)
bewrought (archaic, participle)
bewrought (archaic, past)