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^[1], 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.

     1747, R. Campbell, The London Tradesman‎^[2], page 197:

     […] he ought, by no Means to be an aukward clumſey Fellow, ſuch a Creature would turn the Lady's Stomach in a Morning, when they go their Rounds, to tumble Silks they have no mind to buy.

Derived terms

• aukwardly
• aukwardness