This week’s theme
Words with initial silent letters

This week’s words
knavery
wroth
knar
wrick
gnomic

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PRONUNCIATION:

(rik)

MEANING:

verb tr., intr.: To sprain or wrench.
noun: Sprain.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Middle Low German wricken (to sprain). Earliest documented use: 1305.

USAGE:

“Fraulein Hunyády had wricked her ankle that afternoon when coming down stairs.”
Dennis Wheatley; The Duke de Richleau Series; Bloomsbury; 2014.

See more usage examples of wrick in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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