oker
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of oka (“unit of measurement”).
adj
comparative form of OK: more OK
Example Sentences
- "Comparatively speaking, the Greek peasantry are wealthy; — a circumstance which, in most cases, produces contentment in the matrimonial state. I say wealthy, because, even in the interior of the country, a peasant can always gain his drachma per day; out of which he will buy an oker of bread (two pounds and a half,) which will cost him twenty-four leptas; […]"
Etymology
From Middle English oker, okur, okir, okyr, ocker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to add, increase”). Cognate with Scots ocker (“usury”), Icelandic ókur (“usury”), Swedish ocker (“usury”), German Wucher (“usury”), Dutch woeker (“usury”), Old English wōcor (“increase, growth, fruit, usury”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃 (wōkrs, “interest, usury, tax”), Latin augere (“to increase”). More at eke, wax.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
okers (plural)
ocker (alternative)
occur (alternative)
ockar (alternative)
okir (alternative)
okkir (alternative)
okers (present, singular)
okering (participle, present)
okered (participle, past)
okered (past)
Derived Forms
okerer
okering