Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

akembo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: akem-bo
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Archaic form of akimbo (“with hands on hips and elbows outward”).

Archaic

Example Sentences

"She set her huge arms akembo"
""What, ma'am!" placing her brawny arms akembo, "to fall into these fantigues and fantasies, and swound away, as a body may say, and all about a traitorish scape-grace the like of he![…]""

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does akembo mean?: Archaic form of akimbo (“with hands on hips and elbows outward”).

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