Speke
//spiːk// name, verb
name, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 Obsolete spelling of speak. alt-of, obsolete
Proper Noun
- 1 A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4383).
- 2 A surname.
Synonyms
All synonymsEtymology
* As an English surname, variant of Speak, itself a variant of Speake, all related to the placename below. * The placename is either from Old English spec (“brushwood”) or the obsolete noun speight (“woodpecker”).
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