Meaning of akembo | Babel Free
Definitions
Archaic form of akimbo (“with hands on hips and elbows outward”).
alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Examples
“She set her huge arms akembo”
“"What, ma'am!" placing her brawny arms akembo, "to fall into these fantigues and fantasies, and swound away, as a body may say, and all about a traitorish scape-grace the like of he![…]"”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.