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▪ I. wuss|wʌs|
Repr. colloq. or dial. pronunc. of worse a. and n., or adv.
1862A. J. Munby Diary 22 Mar. in D. Hudson Munby (1972) 117 That's wuss than a day's work, that is. 1869J. Greenwood Seven Curses of London vi. 91 She'll tell you that, wuss luck, I've got in co. with some bad uns. 1894[see straight adv. 6]. 1896A. Morrison Child of Jago vi. 61 Nobody's none the wuss for me knowin' about 'em. 1936M. Mitchell Gone with Wind lix. 994 It been awful! An' it's gwine be wuss. 1945J. Rhys-Williams Stern Daughter xv. 97 Lucky if it aint no wuss, Sister.
▪ II. wuss, n.2 colloq. (orig. U.S.). depreciative.
Brit. |wʊs|, U.S. |wʊs|
Forms: 19– woose, 19– wuss
[Origin uncertain. Perhaps a blend of wimp n.2 and puss n.1 Compare slightly later wussy n.]
A weak or ineffectual person; = wussy n.
1976Campus Slang (Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill) (typescript) Nov. 6 Come on you wuss, hit a basket..! John's a wuss. 1981C. Crowe Fast Times at Ridgemont High 57 You out to meet her first, you wuss. 1984Washington Post (Nexis) 28 Aug. c1 Everybody thinks I'm a wuss. And I don't impress any of the stunt women at all. 1996Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 24 Jan. 29 (caption) Give us y'lunch, Hooper, you great wuss! 2003R. Williams Fallout 22 Shanice I had him cryin his eyes out to me... Ronnie Wuss. |