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Aukward

Auk′ward

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Adj.
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Awkward
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[Obs.]

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aukward

aukward

English

Adjective

aukward (comparative more aukward, superlative most aukward)

  1. Obsolete spelling of awkward
    • 1750, “The Female Student”, The Student, or, The Oxford and Cambridge monthly miscellany, page 188:
      Beſides there is an aukward kind of baſhfulneſs inherent in an old collegian, which makes him ſhudder even at the ſight of a petticoat, and often condems him, during life, to an irkſome ſtate of cælibacy.