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Webster 1913 Edition

Oker

O′ker

,
Noun.
(Min.)
See
Ocher
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Oker

OKER.

[See Ocher.]

Definition 2024

oker

oker

See also: øker

English

Alternative forms

Noun

oker ‎(plural okers)

  1. (Now chiefly dialectal) Interest on money; usury; increase.

Verb

oker ‎(third-person singular simple present okers, present participle okering, simple past and past participle okered)

  1. (transitive, Now chiefly dialectal) To increase (in price); add to.
Derived terms
  • okerer
  • okering

Etymology 2

Noun

oker ‎(plural okers)

  1. (mineralogy) Alternative form of ocher

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

oker m ‎(plural okers)

  1. ochre (mineral)

Noun

oker n ‎(uncountable)

  1. ochre (colour)

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

oker m ‎(Cyrillic spelling окер)

  1. ochre

Etymology

From Middle English oker, okur, okir, okyr, ocker, from Old Norse ókr ‎(“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz ‎(“progeny, earnings, profit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- ‎(“to add, increase”). Cognate with Scots ocker ‎(“usury”), Icelandic ókur ‎(“usury”), Swedish ocker ‎(“usury”), German Wucher ‎(“usury”), Dutch woeker ‎(“usury”), Old English wōcor ‎(“increase, growth, fruit, usury”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃 ‎(wōkrs, “interest, usury, tax”), Latin augere ‎(“to increase”). More at eke, wax.

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