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wannish, a.|ˈwɒnɪʃ|
Also 5–6 wannyssh(e, 6 -yshe, wanishe, 7 -ish.
[f. wan a. + -ish.]
Somewhat wan; somewhat pale, dull, lustreless, or livid.
a1412Lydg. Two Merchants 326 His vryne..was ful thynne and wannyssh for to see. 1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 122 The which causethe..the eye sight to waxe wannysshe or tawnye. a1547Surrey Poems. ‘This name’ 13 And eke the wanishe moone whiche sheenes by night also. 1585Higins Junius' Nomencl. 438/2 With blacke wannish spots. 1594R. C[arew] Tasso (1881) 73 He that graund foe was aie to human kind, His wannish eyes [i lividi occhi] doth on the Christians cast. 1601Holland Pliny xxi. xxi. II. 108 The day Lillie Hemerocalles, hath leaves of a pale and wannish greene colour. 1630Milton Passion 35 The leaves should all be black wheron I write, And letters where my tears have washt a wannish white. 1784Cowper Task i. 309 Paler some, And of a wannish gray. 1820Keats Lamia i. 57 Upon her crest she wore a wannish fire. 1855Tennyson Maud i. vi. i, No sun, but a wannish glare In fold upon fold of hueless cloud. |