cark

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɑː(ɹ)k/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k === Etymology 1 === From Middle English carken (“to be anxious, worry”, intransitive), from Old English *carcian ("to be sorrowful, worry"; found in becarcian (“to worry about, care for”)), a frequentative form of Old English carian (“to care”), equivalent to care +‎ -k. The Middle English carken, also charken (“to load (sth.); to bear (crops); to burden, harass”, transitive), from Old Northern French carquier (“to load, burden”), from Latin carricāre (“to load”), related to Old French chargier (“to load”), is a different word often confused with the above. ==== Verb ==== cark (third-person singular simple present carks, present participle carking, simple past and past participle carked) (obsolete, intransitive) To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To bring worry, vexation, or anxiety. 1831, Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible, Comment on 2 Timothy 2: 22: Carnal pleasures are the sins of youth: ambition and the love of power, the sins of middle age: covetousness and carking cares, the crimes of old age. (archaic, intransitive) To labor anxiously. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English cark, kark (“worry”), from Old English carc (“sorrow, worry”). ==== Noun ==== cark (countable and uncountable, plural carks) (obsolete) A noxious or corroding worry. (obsolete) The state of being filled with worry. ===== Descendants ===== → Welsh: carc === Etymology 3 === From caulk. ==== Verb ==== cark (third-person singular simple present carks, present participle carking, simple past and past participle carked) Pronunciation spelling of caulk. === See also === cark it === References === “cark”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “cark”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === RACK, rack == Albanian == === Etymology === An older variant of thark (“enclosure”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡saɾk/ === Noun === cark m alternative form of thark and possibly cak === References === == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English carken. See cark above. === Pronunciation === (Southern Scots) IPA(key): /ˈkɑrk/ === Noun === cark (plural carks) (archaic) worry, anxiety === Verb === cark (third-person singular simple present carks, present participle carkin, simple past and past participle carkt) (archaic) To worry or be anxious.