wakerifeadj.

Brit.

/ˈweɪkrʌɪf/,

/ˈweɪkrɪf/, U.S.

/ˈweɪkˌraɪf/,

/ˈweɪkrɪf/, Scottish English

/ˈwekrʌif/,

/ˈwekrɪf/

Forms: 1500s wacryff, walkrife ( waikryfe, walcryif), Middle English–1600s walkryf(e, 1500s–1600s wakryff, 1700s wakryfe, 1800s wakrife, 1700s, 1800s waukrife, 1500s– wakerife.

Etymology: < wake n.¹ + rife adj.: compare cauldrife adj.

Scottish and northern dialect.

Indisposed to sleep, wakeful, vigilant. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [adjective] > wakeful or sleepless > watchful or indisposed to sleep

wakerife?a1500

night-watching?1577

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Cock & Fox l. 499 in Poems (1981) 23 Our walkryfe watche, vs for to warne and tell Quhen that Aurora,..Put vp hir heid betuix the nicht and day.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. v. 17 Mony walkrife ene lurkis ther ondir.

a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1642) 315 Acknawlaging thairin the speciall benefeit of God's providence in steiring up the spreits of his servants to be wacryff, cearfull, and curagius.

1622 P. Hannay Nightingale 25 When pleasing Progne's longing loue For Philomela's sight Grew wake-rife.

c1730 A. Ramsay Cordial v When thou waukrife art or dry.

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 302 The witching, curst, delicious blinkers Hae..gart me weet my waukrife winkers, Wi' girnan spite.

1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk 184 Eh, ye waukrife mannie: arena ye sleepin' yet?

1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man ii. 14 Being an old man, he was somewhat wakerife in the morning.

Derivatives

ˈwakerifely adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [adverb]

wakinglya1425

wakefully1776

wakerifely1825

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Walkrifelie, waukrifelie, adv., wakefully. S.

ˈwakerifeness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun]

watchc1000

wakea1250

watching?1550

wakeness1585

vigilation1598

wakerifeness1606

wakefulness1626

1606 tr. Rollock's 1 Thess. 126 (Jam.) So long as the diuell is in the world, so long there is necessity required of walkryfeness.

1633 A. Johnston Diary (1911) I. 99 Therby I sau God recalling me from impænitence to repentance..from securite unto wakraifnes.

1891 H. Johnston Kilmallie II. 19 During this period of wakerifeness he had longed for action of some sort, but could not well get up in the dark.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wakerife
释义	wakerifeadj. Brit. /ˈweɪkrʌɪf/, /ˈweɪkrɪf/, U.S. /ˈweɪkˌraɪf/, /ˈweɪkrɪf/, Scottish English /ˈwekrʌif/, /ˈwekrɪf/ Forms: 1500s wacryff, walkrife ( waikryfe, walcryif), Middle English–1600s walkryf(e, 1500s–1600s wakryff, 1700s wakryfe, 1800s wakrife, 1700s, 1800s waukrife, 1500s– wakerife. Etymology: < wake n.¹ + rife adj.: compare cauldrife adj. Scottish and northern dialect. Indisposed to sleep, wakeful, vigilant. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [adjective] > wakeful or sleepless > watchful or indisposed to sleep wakerife?a1500 night-watching?1577 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Cock & Fox l. 499 in Poems (1981) 23 Our walkryfe watche, vs for to warne and tell Quhen that Aurora,..Put vp hir heid betuix the nicht and day. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. v. 17 Mony walkrife ene lurkis ther ondir. a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1642) 315 Acknawlaging thairin the speciall benefeit of God's providence in steiring up the spreits of his servants to be wacryff, cearfull, and curagius. 1622 P. Hannay Nightingale 25 When pleasing Progne's longing loue For Philomela's sight Grew wake-rife. c1730 A. Ramsay Cordial v When thou waukrife art or dry. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 302 The witching, curst, delicious blinkers Hae..gart me weet my waukrife winkers, Wi' girnan spite. 1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk 184 Eh, ye waukrife mannie: arena ye sleepin' yet? 1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man ii. 14 Being an old man, he was somewhat wakerife in the morning. Derivatives ˈwakerifely adv. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [adverb] wakinglya1425 wakefully1776 wakerifely1825 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Walkrifelie, waukrifelie, adv., wakefully. S. ˈwakerifeness n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] watchc1000 wakea1250 watching?1550 wakeness1585 vigilation1598 wakerifeness1606 wakefulness1626 1606 tr. Rollock's 1 Thess. 126 (Jam.) So long as the diuell is in the world, so long there is necessity required of walkryfeness. 1633 A. Johnston Diary (1911) I. 99 Therby I sau God recalling me from impænitence to repentance..from securite unto wakraifnes. 1891 H. Johnston Kilmallie II. 19 During this period of wakerifeness he had longed for action of some sort, but could not well get up in the dark. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?a1500
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