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cark

[ kahrk ]
/ kɑrk /
Archaic.

noun

care or worry.

verb (used with or without object)

to worry.

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Origin of cark

1250–1300; Middle English carken to be anxious, Old English becarcian, apparently derivative of car- (base of carucare) + -k suffix

Words nearby cark

carisoprodol, caritas, caritive, carjack, carjacking, cark, carking, carl, Carla, Carleen, Carlen's catheter
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British Dictionary definitions for cark (1 of 2)

cark1
/ (kɑːk) /

noun, verb

an archaic word for worry (def. 1), worry (def. 2), worry (def. 11), worry (def. 13)

Word Origin for cark

C13 carken to burden, from Old Northern French carquier, from Late Latin carricāre to load

British Dictionary definitions for cark (2 of 2)

cark2
/ (kɑːk) /

verb

(intr) Australian slang to break down; die

Word Origin for cark

perhaps from the cry of the crow, as a carrion feeding bird
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