Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOffbeat, unconventional or eccentric. · Not quite right; of questionable quality; not appropriate to the context. · Cool; great; excellent. · Having a foul or unpleasant smell.
Etymology tree French funquerder. English funk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English funky From funk + -y.
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