wearish

== English == === 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). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɪəɹɪʃ/ === Adjective === wearish (comparative more wearish, superlative most wearish) (obsolete) Tasteless, having a sickly flavour; insipid. (obsolete or dialectal) Sickly, wizened, feeble. , New York Review Books, 2001, p.16: Democritus, as he is described by Hippocrates and Laertius, was a little wearish old man, very melancholy by nature, averse from company in his latter days, and much given to solitariness […]. ==== Derived terms ==== wearishness === References === === Anagrams === wareshi, washier