wakerife

[ weyk-rahyf ]

adjective

, Scot. and North England.

1. wakeful.

Other Words From

• wakerifeness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of wakerife¹

First recorded in 1470–80; wake ¹ + rife

Example Sentences

Aye, and I am no sure that I wad not like a turn the noo—not o' that saft stuff that will melt and be gane the morn's mornin', but the fine kind that sifts up your sleeve and down your neck!—But for the puir herds on the hill, wae's me, it will be a wakerife time for them.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, it came to pass, less than three weeks after the examination of my bit school at the Rowantree, that our own minister, Mr. Wakerife, took a chill after heating himself at the hay, and died.

From Project Gutenberg