WEARISH

Etymology

Possibly from weary + -ish.

Adjective

wearish (comparative more wearish, superlative most wearish)

(obsolete) Tasteless, having a sickly flavour; insipid.

(obsolete or dialectal) Sickly, wizened, feeble.

Anagrams

• washier

Source: Wiktionary


Wear"ish, a. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain, but perhaps akin to weary.]

1. Weak; withered; shrunk. [Obs.] "A wearish hand." Ford. A little, wearish old man, very melancholy by nature. Burton.

2. Insipid; tasteless; unsavory. [Obs.] Wearish as meat is that is not well tasted. Palsgrave.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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