inwork

English

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Etymology 1

From Middle English *inwork, *inwerk, from Old English inweorc (“indoor work”), from Proto-West Germanic *inwerk, equivalent to in- +‎ work. Cognate with Scots inwark, inwork (“domestic work, indoor work”).

Noun

inwork (uncountable)

1. (rare) Indoor work; work done inside the home.
   • 1981, Cragg, Dawson, Great Britain. Dept. of Employment, Qualitative research among homeworkers:

     Many respondents saw their earnings as a marginal, even though often essential, contribution to the household budget and one outside the formal constraints of inwork.

Etymology 2

From in- +‎ work. Compare Dutch inwerken (“to affect, orient”), German einwirken (“to influence, impinge”).

Verb

inwork (third-person singular simple present inworks, present participle inworking, simple past and past participle inwrought or inworked)

1. (transitive, archaic) To work in or into.
2. (intransitive, archaic) To work or operate within.

Derived terms

• inworking
• inwrought

Anagrams

• work in, workin'