Wacken

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Watchful. obsolete
  2. 2
    Lively; sharp; wanton. UK, dialectal

Etymology

From Middle English waken, from Old English wacen, ġewacen, from Proto-Germanic *wakanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *wakaną (“to wake, be awake, arise”), equivalent to wake + -en (past participle ending).

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