nook
Meanings
Plural: nooks
Noun
- a sheltered and secluded place
- an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
- A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
- A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.
- A recess, cove or hollow.
- An English unit of land area, originally ¹⁄₄ of a yardland but later 12+¹⁄₂ or 20 acres.
- A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.
- The vagina-like genitalia of a troll, featured in Homestuck fanworks but not in canon.
Verb
- To withdraw into a nook.
- To situate in a nook.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English noke, nok (“nook, corner, angle”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English hnoc, hnocc (“hook, angle”), from Proto-Germanic *hnukkaz, *hnukkô (“a bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *knewg- (“to turn, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to pinch, press, bend”).
If so, then also related to Scots nok (“small hook”), Norwegian dialectal nok, nokke (“hook, angle, bent object”), Danish nok (“hook”), Swedish nock (“ridge”), Faroese nokki (“crook”), Icelandic hnokki (“hook”), Dutch nok (“ridge”) or Dutch hoek (“corner”), Low German Nocke (“tip”), Old Norse hnúka (“to bend, crouch”), Old English ġehnycned (“drawn, pinched, wrinkled”). Also cognate with Scots neuk, nuk (“corner, angle of a square, angular object”).
Scrabble Score: 8
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