Wearish
//ˈwɪəɹɪʃ// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Tasteless, having a sickly flavour; insipid. obsolete
- 2 Sickly, wizened, feeble. dialectal, obsolete
"Who was to weet a wretched wearish elfe, / With hollow eyes and rawbone cheekes forspent […]."
Example
More examples"Who was to weet a wretched wearish elfe, / With hollow eyes and rawbone cheekes forspent […]."
Etymology
From Middle English warssh, werisch, werische, werish, werissh, werssh, werysshe, of unknown origin; compare Modern English dialectal wairsh and Early Modern English wersh; perhaps related to Middle English wery (modern weary).
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