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Webster 1913 Edition

Irk

Irk

(ẽrk)
,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
irken
to tire, become tired; cf. Sw.
yrka
to urge, enforce, press, or G.
ekel
disgust, MHG.
erklich
disgusting; perh. akin to L.
urgere
to urge, E.
urge
.]
To weary; to give pain; to annoy.
To see this sight, it
irks
my very soul.
Shakespeare
It
irketh
him to be here.
M. Arnold.

Webster 1828 Edition

Irk

IRK

,
Verb.
T.
urk.
To weary; to give pain to; used only impersonally; as, it irketh me, it gives me uneasiness. It is nearly obsolete.

Definition 2024

irk

irk

See also: ırk

English

Verb

irk ‎(third-person singular simple present irks, present participle irking, simple past and past participle irked)

  1. (transitive) to irritate; annoy; bother; nat
    It irks me to do all this work and have someone destroy it.

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  • See also Wikisaurus:annoy

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Noun

irk

  1. plural of ark

Etymology

From Middle English irken ‎(“to tire, grow weary”), from Old Norse yrkja ‎(“to work”), from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną ‎(“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‎(“to work”). Cognate with Icelandic yrkja ‎(“to compose”), Swedish yrka ‎(“to urge, argue”), Old English wyrcan, wyrċean ‎(“to work”). More at work.

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