"woke" meaning in Middle English

See woke in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /wɔːk/, /wɑːk/ [Early-Middle-English, Northern-Middle-English] Forms: woke [plural], woke [singular, weak], wakker [comparative], wakkest [superlative]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English wāc, from Proto-West Germanic *waikw, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz. Doublet of weyk. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|wāc}} Old English wāc, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*waikw}} Proto-West Germanic *waikw, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*waikwaz}} Proto-Germanic *waikwaz, {{doublet|enm|weyk}} Doublet of weyk Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|plural and weak singular|woke|comparative|wakker|superlative|wakkest|head=}} woke (plural and weak singular woke, comparative wakker, superlative wakkest), {{enm-adj|woke|wakker|wakkest}} woke (plural and weak singular woke, comparative wakker, superlative wakkest)
  1. Physically weak or feeble; lacking strength or energy:
    Weak or feeble due to illness, affliction or aging.
    Categories (topical): Body, Disease, Sound
    Sense id: en-woke-enm-adj-AZr1hw96 Disambiguation of Body: 22 9 0 0 7 23 1 23 12 0 0 3 Disambiguation of Disease: 48 5 2 2 5 12 1 12 10 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Sound: 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  2. Physically weak or feeble; lacking strength or energy:
    Lacking competency in combat or on the battlefield.
    Categories (topical): Sound
    Sense id: en-woke-enm-adj-WgMenxZm Disambiguation of Sound: 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  3. Physically weak or feeble; lacking strength or energy:
    Helpless; lacking power, authority, or control.
    Categories (topical): Sound
    Sense id: en-woke-enm-adj-vnBgaepJ Disambiguation of Sound: 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  4. Physically weak or feeble; lacking strength or energy:
    (rare) Fruitless, barren (agriculturally unusable).
    Tags: rare Categories (topical): Sound
    Sense id: en-woke-enm-adj-s4glKoLV Disambiguation of Sound: 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  5. Weak-minded; lacking mental force, power or endurance:
    Religiously weak; vulnerable to sin or moral turpitude.
    Categories (topical): Mind
    Sense id: en-woke-enm-adj-wG0I6pI7 Disambiguation of Mind: 7 5 0 0 11 25 11 25 13 0 0 2
  6. Weak-minded; lacking mental force, power or endurance:
    (rare) Fearful, afraid; lacking bravery or courage.
    Tags: rare Categories (topical): Body, Mind
    Sense id: en-woke-enm-adj-BLu0pRYH Disambiguation of Body: 22 9 0 0 7 23 1 23 12 0 0 3 Disambiguation of Mind: 7 5 0 0 11 25 11 25 13 0 0 2
  7. Weak-minded; lacking mental force, power or endurance:
    (rare) Unintelligent; lacking intelligence or mental willpower.
    Tags: rare Categories (topical): Mind
    Sense id: en-woke-enm-adj-Q4~28AZH Disambiguation of Mind: 7 5 0 0 11 25 11 25 13 0 0 2
  8. Weak-minded; lacking mental force, power or endurance:
    (rare) Indecisive (unable to commit or take action).
    Tags: rare Categories (topical): Body, Mind
    Sense id: en-woke-enm-adj-ke7t38gm Disambiguation of Body: 22 9 0 0 7 23 1 23 12 0 0 3 Disambiguation of Mind: 7 5 0 0 11 25 11 25 13 0 0 2 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 13 1 6 2 1 18 26 2 15 15 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 14 1 5 2 1 16 29 2 13 14 1
  9. Weak-minded; lacking mental force, power or endurance:
    (rare) Morally suspect or corrupt; selfish.
    Tags: rare Categories (topical): Body, Mind
    Sense id: en-woke-enm-adj-pKDf5OWW Disambiguation of Body: 22 9 0 0 7 23 1 23 12 0 0 3 Disambiguation of Mind: 7 5 0 0 11 25 11 25 13 0 0 2
  10. Unimportant, valueless (of little value or import).
    Sense id: en-woke-enm-adj-RPxMYeWw
  11. (rare) Bendable; able to be plied or flexed. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-woke-enm-adj-Hfi47wQq Disambiguation of Military: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wac, woc, wake, wok, wooc, woake Derived forms: woclic, wocnesse, woken
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} woke
  1. Alternative form of weke (“week”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: weke (extra: week)
    Sense id: en-woke-enm-noun-IuJ3B7x-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for woke meaning in Middle English (10.1kB)

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    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "enm:Body",
    "enm:Disease",
    "enm:Military",
    "enm:Mind",
    "enm:Sound"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "woke",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "week",
          "word": "weke"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of weke (“week”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weke",
          "weke#Middle_English:_week"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "woke"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English adjectives",
    "Middle English doublets",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "enm:Body",
    "enm:Disease",
    "enm:Military",
    "enm:Mind",
    "enm:Sound"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "woclic"
    },
    {
      "word": "wocnesse"
    },
    {
      "word": "woken"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "wak",
            "3": "wake",
            "4": "waik"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: wak, wake, waik",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "weyk"
          },
          "expansion": "weyk",
          "name": "m"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: wak, wake, waik (conflated with weyk)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "wāc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English wāc",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*waikw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *waikw",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*waikwaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *waikwaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "weyk"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of weyk",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old English wāc, from Proto-West Germanic *waikw, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz. Doublet of weyk.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "woke",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "woke",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakker",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakkest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "plural and weak singular",
        "4": "woke",
        "5": "comparative",
        "6": "wakker",
        "7": "superlative",
        "8": "wakkest",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "woke (plural and weak singular woke, comparative wakker, superlative wakkest)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "woke",
        "2": "wakker",
        "3": "wakkest"
      },
      "expansion": "woke (plural and weak singular woke, comparative wakker, superlative wakkest)",
      "name": "enm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Physically weak or feeble; lacking strength or energy:",
        "Weak or feeble due to illness, affliction or aging."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ],
        [
          "feeble",
          "feeble"
        ],
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
        ],
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "illness",
          "illness"
        ],
        [
          "affliction",
          "affliction"
        ],
        [
          "aging",
          "aging"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Physically weak or feeble; lacking strength or energy:",
        "Lacking competency in combat or on the battlefield."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ],
        [
          "feeble",
          "feeble"
        ],
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
        ],
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "competency",
          "competency"
        ],
        [
          "combat",
          "combat"
        ],
        [
          "battlefield",
          "battlefield"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Physically weak or feeble; lacking strength or energy:",
        "Helpless; lacking power, authority, or control."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ],
        [
          "feeble",
          "feeble"
        ],
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
        ],
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ],
        [
          "control",
          "control"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Physically weak or feeble; lacking strength or energy:",
        "Fruitless, barren (agriculturally unusable)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ],
        [
          "feeble",
          "feeble"
        ],
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
        ],
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "barren",
          "barren"
        ],
        [
          "unusable",
          "unusable#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "Physically weak or feeble; lacking strength or energy:",
        "(rare) Fruitless, barren (agriculturally unusable)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Weak-minded; lacking mental force, power or endurance:",
        "Religiously weak; vulnerable to sin or moral turpitude."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mental",
          "mental"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "endurance",
          "endurance"
        ],
        [
          "vulnerable",
          "vulnerable"
        ],
        [
          "moral",
          "moral"
        ],
        [
          "turpitude",
          "turpitude"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Weak-minded; lacking mental force, power or endurance:",
        "Fearful, afraid; lacking bravery or courage."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mental",
          "mental"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "endurance",
          "endurance"
        ],
        [
          "Fearful",
          "fearful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "Weak-minded; lacking mental force, power or endurance:",
        "(rare) Fearful, afraid; lacking bravery or courage."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Weak-minded; lacking mental force, power or endurance:",
        "Unintelligent; lacking intelligence or mental willpower."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mental",
          "mental"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "endurance",
          "endurance"
        ],
        [
          "Unintelligent",
          "unintelligent"
        ],
        [
          "intelligence",
          "intelligence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "Weak-minded; lacking mental force, power or endurance:",
        "(rare) Unintelligent; lacking intelligence or mental willpower."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Weak-minded; lacking mental force, power or endurance:",
        "Indecisive (unable to commit or take action)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mental",
          "mental"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "endurance",
          "endurance"
        ],
        [
          "Indecisive",
          "indecisive"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "Weak-minded; lacking mental force, power or endurance:",
        "(rare) Indecisive (unable to commit or take action)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Weak-minded; lacking mental force, power or endurance:",
        "Morally suspect or corrupt; selfish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mental",
          "mental"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "endurance",
          "endurance"
        ],
        [
          "suspect",
          "suspect"
        ],
        [
          "corrupt",
          "corrupt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "Weak-minded; lacking mental force, power or endurance:",
        "(rare) Morally suspect or corrupt; selfish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Unimportant, valueless (of little value or import)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Unimportant",
          "unimportant"
        ],
        [
          "valueless",
          "valueless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Bendable; able to be plied or flexed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Bendable",
          "bendable"
        ],
        [
          "plied",
          "plied"
        ],
        [
          "flexed",
          "flexed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Bendable; able to be plied or flexed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔːk/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English",
        "Northern-Middle-English"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wac"
    },
    {
      "word": "woc"
    },
    {
      "word": "wake"
    },
    {
      "word": "wok"
    },
    {
      "word": "wooc"
    },
    {
      "word": "woake"
    }
  ],
  "word": "woke"
}

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