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perkEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Clipping of perquisite.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗perkEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Clipping of percolate (verb) and percolator (noun).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗perkEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Origin uncertain. Perhaps a metathesis of prick.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗perkEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
The origin is uncertain. Perhaps a variant of peer + -k (frequentative ending).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗perkEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
From Middle English perken, from Old Northern French perquer.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- PerkEnglish · e-38699-2722
Perk, pėrk, adj. trim: spruce: jaunty: proud.—v.t. to make smart or trim.—v.i. to hold up the head with smartness: to toss or jerk the head.—adj. Perk′y (Tenn.), perk, trim. [W. perc, trim.]
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Perk, pėrk, v.i. (prov.) to peer.—adj. Perk′ing, peering, inquisitive.
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