Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryLike a wanker; foolish or objectionable. · Pretentious. · Involving or relating to fanwank.
Etymology tree English wank Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English wanky From wank + -y.
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