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upspeak

verb
/ʌpˈspiːk/

Etymology

From up- + speak.

  1. inherited from *bʰeh₂g-✻ — “to distribute”
  2. inherited from *spekan✻
  3. derived from *spreg-✻ — “to make a sound, utter, speak”
  4. inherited from *sprekaną✻ — “to speak, make a sound”
  5. inherited from *sprekan✻
  6. inherited from specan — “to speak”
  7. inherited from speke
  8. prefixed as upspeak — “up + speak”

Definitions

  1. To speak up

    To speak up; advocate.

    • "Well, if I didn't stay in your home," upspoke the maiden lady, "I shouldn't care to know what it would become."

  2. To speak with upspeak

    To speak with upspeak; uptalk.

  3. A manner of speaking in which the intonation of one's voice rises at the end of a…

    A manner of speaking in which the intonation of one's voice rises at the end of a statement, as if expressing uncertainty or asking a question; uptalk.

    • [...] the nurse answers in upspeak. “You can work on it only if you're supervised.” Even the Oil of Olay moisturizer is confiscated. “It's in a glass jar?” Upspeak again.

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Derived

upspeaker

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for upspeak. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA