Wisht
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of wish form-of, obsolete, participle, past
"Great Tuscane dames, as she their towns past by, / Wisht her their daughter-in-law, but frustrately."
- 1 Sickly, weak. Cornwall, Devon, West-Country
"“'Tweer wisht days for me, Mister Jan. I be such a poor lass in brains, an' I could awnly think of trouble 'cause I loved 'e so true. 'Tedn' like the same plaace when you'm away. Then I thot you'd gone right back to Lunnon, an' I judged my heart 'ud break for 'e, I did.”"
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More examples"“'Tweer wisht days for me, Mister Jan. I be such a poor lass in brains, an' I could awnly think of trouble 'cause I loved 'e so true. 'Tedn' like the same plaace when you'm away. Then I thot you'd gone right back to Lunnon, an' I judged my heart 'ud break for 'e, I did.”"
Etymology
Of obscure origin.
From wish + -t.
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