forswunk en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English forswunken, past participle of forswinken (“to overwork”), equivalent to for- + swunk. More at forswink.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, obsolete) totally worn out from work
If indeed he had so turned from Latin texts to garden-tools, he would certainly have been forswunk.
1943, "Just Another Word: Comprising A Word in Your Ear & Just Another Word", Ivor John Carnegie Brown, Ivor Brown, p. 112