cark
1 of 2verb
ˈkärk
-ed/-ing/-s
transitive verb
: to burden with care or anxiety : vex, worry, trouble
fate had not smiled on him … he was beset by carking troubles and anxieties
Max Beerbohm
Max Beerbohmintransitive verb
1
: to be anxious or troubled : fret
a covetous man … carking about his bags Isaac Barrow
Isaac Barrow2
: to labor anxiously
why for sluggards cark and moil? Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsleycark
2 of 2noun
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plural -s
1
: something that burdens the spirit : trouble
its artless advocacy of freedom from cark and care Harper's
Harper's2
: a troubled state of mind : distress
by cark and care deranged Robert Browning
Robert Browning
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English carken, literally, to load, burden, from Old North French carquier, from Late Latin carricare
Noun
Middle English, literally, load, burden, from Old North French carque, from carquier, verb