funk

funk
{{11}}funk (1) "depression, ill-humor," 1743, probably originally Scottish and northern English; earlier as a verb, "panic, fail through panic," (1737), said to be 17c. Oxford University slang, perhaps from Flem. fonck "perturbation, agitation, distress," possibly related to O.Fr. funicle "wild, mad."
{{12}}funk (2) "bad smell," 1620s, from dialectal Fr. funkière "smoke," from O.Fr. fungier "give off smoke; fill with smoke," from L. fumigare "to smoke" (see FUME (Cf. fume)). In reference to a style of music, it is first attested 1959, a back formation from FUNKY (Cf. funky).

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