kirked

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots kirkit.

Adjective

kirked (not comparable)

1. (Scotland) Having attended church for the first time after a wedding, birth, or other significant event.

Middle English

Etymology

Probably a Northern dialectal form of kroked (“crooked”), or perhaps a miswritten form. More at English crooked.

Adjective

kirked

1. Turned upward, bent, crooked.
   • c. 1370s. Unknown. The Romaunt of the Rose. 3135-8.

     Like sharp urchouns his here was growe,
     His eyes rede as the fire-glow;
     His nose frounced ful kirked stood,
     He com criand as he were woor,

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Descendants

• English: kirked