Definition of WELKIN

welkin

Plural: welkins

Noun

  • The vault of heaven or the sky.
  • the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
  • The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.
  • The upper atmosphere occupied by clouds, flying birds, etc.
  • The place above the Earth where God or other deities live; heaven.

Examples

  • His eyes scanned the Scrabble board as if searching the welkin for a winning word.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English welken, wolken (“weather; heavens; earlier cloud”), from Old English wolcnu (“sky, heavens”), plural form of wolcn (“cloud”), from Proto-West Germanic *wolkn (“cloud”), from Proto-Germanic *wulkną (“cloud”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥g-nó-s, from *welg- (“damp; wet”). Cognate with Dutch wolk (“cloud”), German Wolke (“cloud”).

Synonyms

celestial sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, sphere, vault of heaven, ether, lift

Scrabble Score: 13

welkin: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
welkin: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
welkin: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

welkin: valid Words With Friends Word