Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hearkening back

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
hear-ken-ing back
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hearken back

Questions

What does hearkening back mean?
present participle and gerund of hearken back

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