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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

naken

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
naken
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make naked; nake.

British usage; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English nakenen, nacnen, equivalent to nake + -en.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

nakens (present, singular) nakening (participle, present) nakened (participle, past) nakened (past) nakyn (alternative, Scotland)

Rhymes With

taken bacon mistaken undertaken shaken jamaican awaken forsaken overtaken aiken kraken waken

Questions

What does naken mean?
To make naked; nake.
Where does naken come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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