English
feck
Feck comes from Scots; the Scots form is not named.
- Scotsc. 1450–presentform not named
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1786feck
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scotsc. 1450–presentform not named
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1786feck
Earliest quotation: a. 1786, Robert Burns: “I hae been a devil the feck o' my…”
Today it means
noun Effect, value; vigor.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / feck