welkin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of welkin
before 900; Middle English welken ( e ), Old English welcn, variant of wolcen cloud, sky; cognate with German Wolke cloud
Vocabulary lists containing welkin
Example Sentences
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“You could argue that without retroviruses you wouldn’t have mammals,” says Welkin Johnson, a virologist at Boston College.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 27, 2022
It may be on stage rather than screen, but Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin, currently running at the National Theatre, also applies mordant humour to the anguishes and indignities of reproductive life.
From The Guardian • Feb. 22, 2020
"Do you really mean to say," asked Flambeau, with energy, "that Welkin carried his rival's letters to his lady?"
From The Innocence of Father Brown by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
Welkin is, radically, “the region of clouds,” A.S. wolcnu, clouds.
From Milton's Comus by Bell, William
Welkin carried his rival's letters to his lady.
From The Innocence of Father Brown by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
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