Funk definition
An example of funk is going to a party and feeling anxious about talking to new people.
An example of funk is the smell of a high school boy's locker room.
An example of funk is the music of James Brown.
An example of a funk is postpartum depression.
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Origin of funk
- Probably ultimately from a northern French dialectal source such as Picard Walloon funquer to produce smoke from Vulgar Latin fūmicāre alteration of Latin fūmigāre fumigate
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Probably from obsolete Flemish fonck disturbance, agitation of unknown origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Back-formation from funky
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English funke, fonke (“spark”), from Old English *funca, *fanca (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *funkô, *fankô (“spark”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peng-, *(s)pheng- (“to shine”). Cognate with Middle Low German funke, fanke (“spark”), Middle Dutch vonke (“spark”), Old High German funcho, funko (“spark”), German Funke (“spark”). More at spunk.
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