wearish

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wearish

  • /ˈwɪəɹɪʃ/ UK

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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).

adjective more wearish · most wearish

  1. obsolete Tasteless, having a sickly flavour; insipid.
  2. dialectal, obsolete Sickly, wizened, feeble. Who was to weet a wretched wearish elfe, / With hollow eyes and rawbone cheekes forspent […].

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@misc{wearish_2026,
  title = {wearish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wearish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}