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wearish, a. Obs. exc. dial.|ˈwɪərɪʃ|
Forms: 4 werische, 5–6 werysshe, weris(s)he, -ysh(e, wearysh(e, wear-, weerishe, weerysh, 6–7 werish, weerish, 9 dial. warish, werrish, 6– wearish.
[Late ME. werische; of obscure origin. Cf. wersh a. which is prob. a contracted form of this.
There is some resemblance in form and sense to the early mod.Du. wers, wars, warsch, ‘contrarius, adversus, malus’ (Kilian), mod.Du. wars, disgusted, averse, weary of, Du. dial. warsig, Fris. wêrzich disgusting; but etymological connexion seems improbable.]
1. Destitute of savour, sickly-flavoured, tasteless, insipid; unsalted. Cf. wersh a. 1.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. iv. ix. (Tollem. MS.) Flemme is an humouris kyndely colde and moyste, werische and unsauoury [L. insipidus]. c1425St. Mary of Oignies ii. ii. in Anglia VIII. 154 As any man..amonge many manere deynte metes wolde forsake an vnsauory and werysshe mete. 1477Norton Ordin. Alch. v. in Ashm. (1652) 74 Also is Weerish tast called Unsavoury. 1530Palsgr. 328/2 Werysshe as meate is that is nat well tastye, mal sauouré. 1531Tindale Expos. 1 John Prol. (1538) 7 b, As the tayste of the sycke maketh wholsome and well seasoned meate bytter, weerysh, and unsauery. 1533More Debell. Salem iv. Wks. 938/1 If the salt waxe ones freshe & werish, wherin shal ani thing be wel seasoned? 1538Elyot Dict., Inconditus..weryshe. 1607Barley-Breake (1877) 28 When Hyems shall vpon them shake his lockes, Their grazing feast will haue a wearish tatch. 1828Carr Craven Gloss., Warish, unsavoury. 1881Leic. Gloss., Werrish,..as applied to drinks, ‘small’, weak, sickly, insipid.
b. fig. Void of relish, insipid, savourless; flat, futile, ineffectual.
1532Tindale Expos. Matt. v–vii. (? 1550) 23 b, All werysh and vnsauerye ceremonies whyche haue lost theyr significations. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. Erasm. Pref. *vij b, In expressyng and vttreyng suche saiynges Xenophon seemeth to me somewhat weeryshe [mihi dilutior uidetur]. 1548― Erasm. Par. Matt. v. 10–12 Beeyng ouerwhelmed with weryshe opinions and vayne desyres. Ibid. vii. 28, 29 They vsed to brynge furth certaine weryshe constitutions, of wasshyng their handes before meate, [etc.]. Ibid. Luke Pref. ({fourd}) iiij b, So werishe and vneffectual was y⊇ vertue of the medicine of Physicke whiche thei brought [adeo Pharmacum quod adferebant uim habebat dilutam & inefficacem]. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. 1 Cor. i. 9–20 The rude and wearysh preaching [sermo rudis et inconditus]. 1603Florio Montaigne iii. v. 523 Yeelding hir pleasures weerish, and hir amours tastelesse. 1650H. Brooke Conserv. Health 4 A sickly, wearish, and momentany Delight.
2. Of persons and animals, their limbs, etc.: Sickly, feeble, delicate; lean, wizened, shrivelled. Also, of a countenance: Sickly-looking. Cf. wersh a. 2.
1513More Rich. III Wks. (1557) 54/1 Therwt he plucked vp hys doublet sleue to his elbow,..where he shewed a werish withered arme and small. 1566Drant Horace, Sat. ii. v. H iij b, If thou canst spye a wealthie man, that hath a wearyshe chylde, There, shewe thy selfe officious. a1568R. Ascham Scholem. i. (Arb.) 39 A countenance, not werishe and crabbed, but faire and cumlie. 1569V. Skinner tr. Montanus Inquis. 20 b, A full weake & wearish body [L. corpore infirmo ac caduco]. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iii. 116 b, If they [the stallions] be to yong, they get but weake and wearish Coltes. Ibid. 137 b, A small and a weerysh Sheepe. 1579Lodge Def. Plays 5 That they like good Phisitions should so frame their potions, that they might be appliable to the quesie stomaks of their werish patients. 1594Nashe Unfort. Trav. I 4 b, They haue hid a little weerish leane face vnder a broad French hat. 1596Spenser F.Q. iv. v. 34 A wretched wearish elfe, With hollow eyes and rawbone cheekes forspent. 1600Surflet Country Farm vi. xxii. 784 The deepe red wine which is harsh and rough,..is profitable to comfort the loose & wearish stomacke. 1624Burton Anat. Mel. (ed. 2) Democr. to Rdr. 2 Democritus..was a little wearish [1621 wearyish] old man, very melancholy by nature. 1633Ford Love's Sacr. v. i, A crooked leg,..a wearish hand, A bloodlesse lip. 1685Burnet Life Bp. Bedell 257 It might often have been easily done, especially upon such a weakly and wearish Body. 1881Leic. Gloss., Werrish, feeble; deficient in stamina; of a delicate constitution. 1888Doughty Trav. Arab. Des. I. v. 148 All the date-eaters are of a certain wearish visage.
b. Comb.: wearish-coloured, sickly-hued, pale.
1548Thomas Ital. Gram., Dict. (1567), Pallida, pale, or wearishe coloured.
c. Lacking energy, languid.
1650H. Brooke Conserv. Health 163 A wearish and impotent giving up of the spirits. a1656Ussher Ann. vi. (1658) 328 At the first setting out they seemed to run exceeding well, but after a while, to grow somewhat wearish.
3. Dull-witted, stupid.
1519W. Horman Vulg. 52 A werisshe [L. insulsus] felowe made al this besynes. 1537in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. III. 103 My thyncke yt ys butt a weryshe persson to have any such lernyng of prophessye.
4. ? Peevish, cross-grained, crabbed.
a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. xxvi. §4 (1912) 317 Have any of you children, that be not sometimes cumbersome? Have any of you fathers, that be not sometime weerish? What, shall we..hate our children, or disobey our fathers?
Hence ˈwearishly adv., languidly, without energy; ˈwearishness, lack of savour.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. lii. (1495) 893 The nynthe sauour hyght werysshenesse and vnsauerynesse. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 106 marg., Beetes is an herbe..of whose excedyng weryshenesse and vnsauerynesse [etc.]. 1633Ames Fresh Suit agst. Ceremonies Pref. p. xvii, How wearishly & unwillingly goe they to the worke? |