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quaky

[ kwey-kee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, quak·i·er, quak·i·est.

quaky

/ ˈkweɪkɪ /

Origin of quaky¹

First recorded in 1860–65; quake + -y ¹

Presently I saw someone coming towards me mounted on a jolly fine horse, and I felt quaky from my hat right down to my boots.

Quaky about tomorrow; sermon unprepared; meant to have had afternoon to self, but quite impossible.

"Like treading among the stars," he said, with a quaky laugh.

An Odic Force, as the present quaky period calls it, permeated doubtless from the Master hand.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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