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wrick

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wrick
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To twist; turn

verb

To wrench; strain

noun

A painful muscular spasm in the neck or back

Etymology

From Middle English wricken, probably from Middle Dutch wricken (Modern Dutch wrikken (“to wriggle”)) or Middle Low German wricken (“to move jerkily; sprain”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). See also Low German wriggen, German Low German wricken (“to row; scull; move back and forth”)). Compare also Danish vrikke (“to move; turn; wriggle”), Swedish vricka (“to sprain; twist; scull”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: wricken, *wrigōną, *wreyḱ-

Inflected Forms

wricks (present, singular) wricking (participle, present) wricked (participle, past) wricked (past) wricks (plural)

Synonyms

crick kink rick twist sprain wrench turn

Questions

What does wrick mean?
To twist; turn
Where does wrick come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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