First Known Use: 1885
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Volapük
noun Vo·la·pük \ˈvō-lə-ˌpu̇k, ˈvä-\
Definition of VOLAPÜK
: an artificial international language based largely on English but with some root words from German, French, and Latin
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Origin of VOLAPÜK
Volapük, literally, world's speech, from vola of the world (genitive of vol world, modification of English world) + pük speech, modification of English speak
Rhymes with VOLAPÜK
Beaverbrook, bring to book, buttonhook, cock a snook, comic book, copybook, donnybrook, gerenuk, grappling hook, inglenook, in one's book, Leeuwenhoek, off the hook, overbook, overlook, picture book, pocketbook, pressure-cook, pruning hook, Sandy Hook, service book, statute book, storybook, talking book, tenterhook
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