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spunk

/sˈpʌŋk/SPUHNGK
/sˈpʌŋk/SPUHNGK

Meaningtinder, a sponge

Common meaning: courage and spirit

Journey through time

  1. Latinspongia‘a sponge’source
  2. Gaelicsponc‘sponge, tinder, touchwood’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftssponge, tinder, touchwood → courage and spiritspunk‘courage and spirit’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin spongia ‘tinder, a sponge’.

Roots

  • spongia Latin “tinder, a sponge”

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