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Waugh

adj, name, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Insipid; tasteless. Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Marion Township, Boone County, Indiana, United States. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of waff (“to bark”). alt-of, alternative

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English walh, from Old English wealg. More at wallow (“tasteless, flat”).

Etymology 2

Probably from Old English walh (“foreign”), perhaps applied originally to the Welsh-speaking Britons who survived in Scotland well into the Middle Ages.

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