different between spake vs opake

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spe?k/
• Rhymes: -e?k

Etymology 1

From Middle English spake, spak, from Old Norse spakr (“wise, gentle, quiet”), from Proto-Germanic *spakaz (“wise, clever”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pe?- (“to understand; intelligent, attentive”). Cognate with Swedish spak (“manageable”), Danish spag (“quiet, gentle, timid, tame”).

Adjective

spake (comparative more spake, superlative most spake)

1. (obsolete) Quiet; tame.
2. (obsolete) Ready; prompt.

Derived terms

• spakely

Etymology 2

From Middle English spak, from Old English spæc, first and third person singular past tense of specan (“to speak”). More at speak.

Verb

spake

1. (archaic) simple past tense of speak

References

• spake in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• spake in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• -speak, Akpes, Paeks, Pasek, Peaks, kapes, peaks, speak

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

spake

1. Alternative form of spoke

Etymology 2

Verb

spake

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of speken

English

Etymology

From Middle English opake, from Latin opacus (“shaded, shady, dark”) (of unknown origin), later reinforced from Middle French opaque.

Adjective

opake (comparative more opake, superlative most opake)

1. Alternative form of opaque

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

opake

1. Inflected form of opaak

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

opake

1. inflection of opak:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Middle English

Etymology

From Latin opacus (“shaded, shady, dark”) (of unknown origin), later reinforced from Middle French opaque.

Adjective

opake (comparative opaker, superlative opakest)

1. dark, shaded, unlit
   • c 1440, Palladius

     Summe haue hem grene ypuld, and stoon & all They honge hem vp in place opake and drie.

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

opake

1. inflection of opak:
   1. masculine accusative plural
   2. feminine genitive singular
   3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural