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onkus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
onkus
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Inferior; unpleasant; unacceptably bad.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Dated; Slang

adj

Good; acceptable; okay.

New Zealand usage; Obsolete; Slang

Example Sentences

Etymology

Unknown. Australian from 1903, New Zealand from 1909. Compare slightly earlier onky.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more onkus (comparative) most onkus (superlative)

Questions

What does onkus mean?
Inferior; unpleasant; unacceptably bad.
Where does onkus come from?
Unknown. Australian from 1903, New Zealand from 1909. Compare slightly earlier onky.

How to pronounce onkus

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