wearishadj.

/ˈwɪərɪʃ/

Forms: Middle English werische, Middle English–1500s werysshe, weris(s)he, -ysh(e, wearysh(e, wear-, weerishe, weerysh, 1500s–1600s werish, weerish, 1800s dialect warish, werrish, 1500s– wearish.

Etymology: Late Middle English werische ; of obscure origin. Compare wersh adj. which is probably a contracted form of this. There is some resemblance in form and sense to the early modern Dutch wers, wars, warsch, ‘contrarius, adversus, malus’ (Kilian), modern Dutch wars, disgusted, averse, weary of, Dutch dialect warsig, Frisian wêrzich disgusting; but etymological connection seems improbable.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

a. Destitute of savour, sickly-flavoured, tasteless, insipid; unsalted. Cf. wersh adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [adjective]

wallowc897

smatchless?c1225

unsavoury?c1225

fresha1398

savourlessa1398

wearish1398

wershed1398

fond?c1430

unsavoured1435

palled1440

mildc1450

walsh1513

wallowish1548

dead1552

waterish1566

cold1585

flatten1594

seasonless1595

wersha1599

blown1600

flash1601

fatuous1608

tasteless1611

flat1617

insipid1620

ingustable1623

flashy1625

flatted1626

saltless1633

gustless1636

remiss1655

rheumatical1655

untasteable1656

vapid1656

exolete1657

distasted1662

vappous1673

insulse1676

toothless1679

mawkisha1697

intastable1701

waugh1703

impoignant1733

flavourless1736

instimulating1740

deadish1742

mawky1755

brineless1791

wishy-washy1791

keestless1802

shilpit1814

wish-washy1814

sapidless1821

silent1826

slushy1839

bland1878

spendsavour1879

wish-wash1896

dolled1917

spiceless1980

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS.) (1495) iv. ix Flemme is an humouris kyndely colde and moyste, werische and unsauoury [L. insipidus].

c1425 St. Mary of Oignies ii. ii, in Anglia VIII. 154 As any man..amonge many manere deynte metes wolde forsake an vnsauory and werysshe mete.

1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 74 Also is Weerish tast called Unsavoury.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 328/2 Werysshe as meate is that is nat well tastye, mal sauouré.

1531 W. Tyndale Expos. 1 John Prol. (1538) 7 b As the tayste of the sycke maketh wholsome and well seasoned meate bytter, weerysh, and unsauery.

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. iv. f. xxv If the salt waxe ones freshe and weryshe, wherin shal ani thing be wel seasoned?

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Inconditus..weryshe.

1607 W. N. Barley-breake sig. D2^v When Hyems shall vpon them shake his lockes, Their grazing feast will haue a wearish tatch.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Warish, unsavoury.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Werrish,..as applied to drinks, ‘small’, weak, sickly, insipid.

b. figurative. Void of relish, insipid, savourless; flat, futile, ineffectual.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid

colourlessc1425

unsavouryc1449

wearish?1533

wersha1599

tasteless1603

tame1604

juiceless1620

water gruela1627

dry1632

soulless1632

frigid1643

vapid1656

insipida1684

fade1715

heartless1780

vapid1785

achromatic1799

sauceless1817

albuminous1858

antiseptic1891

flat-footed1899

unatmospheric1913

defanged1920

anodyne1933

spiceless1942

tea-party1961

nothingburger1965

?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew v. f. xxvij All werysh and vnsauery ceremonyes which haue loste their significacions.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes Erasm. Pref. *vij^v In expressyng and vttreyng suche saiynges Xenophon seemeth to me somewhat weeryshe [L. mihi dilutior uidetur].

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. v. 10–12 Beeyng ouerwhelmed with weryshe opinions and vayne desyres.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. vii. 28, 29 They vsed to brynge furth certaine weryshe constitutions, of wasshyng their handes before meate, [etc.].

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Pref. Luke in Paraphr. New Test. iiij b So werishe and vneffectual was y^e vertue of the medicine of Physicke whiche thei brought [L. adeo Pharmacum quod adferebant uim habebat dilutam & inefficacem].

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. i. f. v The rude and wearysh preaching [L. sermo rudis et inconditus].

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. v. 523 Yeelding hir pleasures weerish, and hir amours tastlesse.

1650 H. Brooke Υγιεινη 4 A sickly, wearish, and momentany Delight.

a. Of persons and animals, their limbs, etc.: Sickly, feeble, delicate; lean, wizened, shrivelled. Also, of a countenance: Sickly-looking. Cf. wersh adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > looking ill

wanc700

sunken?a1505

wersh?a1505

wearisha1535

waryish1565

sunk1578

chap-fallen1597

chop-fallen1604

squalid1661

sallow1747

sallowish1753

peaked1804

shilpit1813

shirpit1821

peely-wally1832

peakish1836

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 54/1 Therw^t he plucked vp hys doublet sleue to his elbow..where he shewed a werish withered arme and small.

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Hiij^v If thou canst spye a wealthie man, That hath a wearyshe chylde, There, shewe thy selfe officious.

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 7^v A countenance, not werishe and crabbed, but faire and cumlie.

1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne f. 20^v A full weake & wearish body [L. corpore infirmo ac caduco].

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 116^v If they [sc. the stallions] be to yong, they get but weake and wearishe Coltes.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 137^v A small and a weerysh Sheepe.

1579 T. Lodge Protogenes 5 They..should so frame their potions, that they might be appliable to the quesie stomaks of their werish patients.

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. L4^v They haue hyd a little weerish leane face vnder a broad French hat.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. v. sig. E6 A wretched wearish elfe, With hollow eyes and rawbone cheekes forspent.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vi. xxii. 784 The deepe red wine which is harsh and rough,..is profitable to comfort the loose & wearish stomacke.

1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice v. sig. K^v A crooked leg,..a wearish hand, A bloodlesse lip.

1685 Bp. G. Burnet Life W. Bedell 257 It might often have been easily done, especially upon such a weakly and wearish Body.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Werrish, feeble; deficient in stamina; of a delicate constitution.

1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. v. 148 All the date-eaters are of a certain wearish visage.

b. Comb.: wearish-coloured, sickly-hued, pale.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [adjective] > pale

blackeOE

blokec1200

blakec1275

fadec1290

bleykea1300

palisha1398

wanned1494

ashy?1541

wearish-coloured1548

wanny1555

wheyish1560

bleak1566

paly1568

ghastly1574

blankish1580

sick1599

palled1601

ashied1613

lurid1656

lunar1742

wax-like1748

ashen1808

unbrightened1827

waxy1835

peely-wally1895

waxen-hued1916

1548 W. Thomas Ital. Gram. & Dict. (1567) Pallida, pale, or wearishe coloured.

c. Lacking energy, languid.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > languid

aswindc885

fade1303

enlangouredc1400

sweyntc1450

wearish1650

languid1727

languorous1753

Mondayish1804

1650 H. Brooke Υγιεινη 163 A wearish and impotent giving up of the spirits.

a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 328 At the first setting out they seemed to run exceeding well, but after a while, to grow somewhat wearish.

3. Dull-witted, stupid.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective]

sloweOE

stuntc960

dullOE

hardOE

stuntlyc1000

sotc1050

dillc1175

dulta1225

simplea1325

heavy1340

astonedc1374

sheepishc1380

dull-witteda1387

lourd1390

steerishc1411

ass-likea1425

brainless?a1439

deafc1440

sluggishc1450

short-witted1477

obtuse1509

peakish1519

wearish1519

deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520

doileda1522

gross1526

headlessa1530

stulty1532

ass-headed1533

pot-headed1533

stupid?1541

sheep's head1542

doltish1543

dumpish1545

assish1548

blockish1548

slow-witted1548

blockheaded1549

surd1551

dull-headed1552

hammer-headed1552

skit-brained?1553

buzzardly1561

witless1562

log-headeda1566

assy1566

sottish1566

dastardly1567

stupidious1567

beetle-headed1570

calvish1570

bluntish1578

cod's-headed1578

grout-headed1578

bedaft1579

dull-pated1580

blate1581

buzzard-like1581

long-eared1582

dullard1583

woodena1586

duncical1588

leaden-headed1589

buzzard1592

dorbellical1592

dunstical1592

heavy-headeda1593

shallow-brained1592

blunt-witted1594

mossy1597

Bœotian1598

clay-brained1598

fat1598

fat-witted1598

knotty-pated1598

stupidous1598

wit-lost1599

barren1600

duncifiedc1600

lourdish1600

stockish1600

thick1600

booby1603

leaden-pated1603

partless1603

thin-headed1603

leaden-skulledc1604

blockhead1606

frost-brained1606

ram-headed1608

beef-witted1609

insulse1609

leaden-spirited1609

asininec1610

clumse1611

blockheadly1612

wattle-headed1613

flata1616

logger-headeda1616

puppy-headeda1616

shallow-patedc1616

thick-brained1619

half-headed1621

buzzard-blinda1625

beef-brained1628

toom-headed1629

thick-witted1634

woollen-witted1635

squirrel-headed1637

clod-pated1639

lean-souled1639

muddy-headed1642

leaden-witteda1645

as sad as any mallet1645

under-headed1646

fat-headed1647

half-witted1647

insipid1651

insulsate1652

soft-headed1653

thick-skulleda1657

muddish1658

non-intelligent1659

whey-brained1660

sap-headed1665

timber-headed1666

leather-headeda1668

out of (one's) tree1669

boobily1673

thoughtless1673

lourdly1674

logger1675

unintelligenta1676

Bœotic1678

chicken-brained1678

under-witted1683

loggerhead1684

dunderheaded1692

unintelligible1694

buffle-headed1697

crassicc1700

numbskulled1707

crassous1708

doddy-polled1708

haggis-headed1715

niddy-noddy1722

muzzy1723

pudding-headed1726

sumphish1728

pitcher-souleda1739

duncey1743

hebete1743

chuckheaded1756

dumb1756

duncely1757

imbecile1766

mutton-headed1768

chuckle-headed1770

jobbernowl1770

dowfarta1774

boobyish1778

wittol1780

staumrel1787

opaquec1789

stoopid1791

mud-headed1793

borné1795

muzzy-headed1798

nog-headed1800

thick-headed1801

gypit1804

duncish1805

lightweight1809

numbskull1814

tup-headed1816

chuckle-pate1820

unintellectuala1821

dense1822

ninnyish1822

dunch1825

fozy1825

potato-headed1826

beef-headed1828

donkeyish1831

blockheadish1833

pinheaded1837

squirrel-minded1837

pumpkin-headed1838

tomfoolish1838

dundering1840

chicken-headed1842

like a bump on a log1842

ninny-minded1849

numbheadeda1852

nincompoopish1852

suet-brained1852

dolly1853

mullet-headed1853

sodden1853

fiddle-headed1854

numb1854

bovine1855

logy1859

crass1861

unsmart1861

off his chump1864

wooden-headed1865

stupe1866

lean-minded1867

duffing1869

cretinous1871

doddering1871

thick-head1873

doddling1874

stupido1879

boneheaded1883

woolly-headed1883

leaden-natured1889

suet-headed1890

sam-sodden1891

dopey1896

turnip-headed1898

bonehead1903

wool-witted1905

peanut-headed1906

peanut-brained1907

dilly1909

torpid-minded1909

retardate1912

nitwitted1917

meat-headed1918

mug1922

cloth-headed1925

loopy1925

nitwit1928

lame-brained1929

dead from the neck up1930

simpy1932

nail-headed1936

square-headed1936

dingbats1937

pinhead1939

dim-witted1940

pea-brained1942

clueless1943

lobotomized1943

retarded1949

pointy-headed1950

clottish1952

like a stunned mullet1953

silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954

out to lunch1955

pin-brained1958

dozy1959

eejity1964

out of one's tiny mind1965

doofus1967

twitty1967

twittish1969

twatty1975

twattish1976

blur1977

dof1979

goofus1981

dickheaded1991

dickish1991

numpty1992

cockish1996

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria v. f. 52 A werisshe [L. insulsus] felowe made al this besynes.

1537 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 103 My thyncke yt ys butt a weryshe persson to have any such lernyng of prophessye.

4. ? Peevish, cross-grained, crabbed.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adjective]

stour1303

thwarta1325

elvishc1386

wrawc1386

wrawfulc1386

crabbeda1400

crousea1400

cursedc1400

doggeda1425

currishc1460

disagreeable1474

dour1488

thrawn1488

terne?1507

apirsmarta1522

crustyc1570

incommodious1570

bilious1571

mischievous-stomached1577

thrawn-faced1578

thrawn-mowit1578

wearisha1586

shrewish1596

rhubarbative1600

crabbish1606

ill-tempereda1616

cur-like1627

thrawn-faceda1628

terned1638

cross1639

splenial1641

frumpish1647

wry1649

bad-tempered1671

hot-tempered1673

sidy1673

ugly1687

ornery1692

cankerya1699

ramgunshoch1721

cantankerousc1736

frumpy1746

unhappy1756

grumpy1778

crabby1791

grumpish1797

thraw-gabbit18..

snarlish1813

cranky1821

stuntya1825

ill-natured1825

nattery1825

rantankerous1832

foul-tempered1835

cacochymical1836

as cross as two sticks1842

grumphy1846

knappy1855

carnaptious1858

cussed1858

three-cornered1863

snotty1870

sniffy1871

snorty1893

grouchy1895

scratchy1925

tight1950

stroppy1951

snitty1978

arsey1989

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxvi. sig. Ff3 Haue any of you children, that be not sometimes cumbersome? Haue any of you fathers, that be not sometime weerish? What, shall we..hate our children, or disobey our fathers?

Derivatives

ˈwearishly adv. languidly, without energy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adverb] > languidly

languishingly1579

wearishly1633

languidly1726

languorously1858

1633 W. Ames Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies Pref. sig. b4 How wearishly & unwillingly goe they to the varke?

ˈwearishness n. lack of savour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [noun]

wearishnessa1398

unsavouriness1422

tastelessness1600

flashinessa1603

wallowishness1603

insipidity1611

insipidnessa1631

deadness1707

flatness1707

mawkishness1727

walshness1808

ditchwateriness1840

savourlessness1841

blandness1846

silence1879

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. lii. 1316 The nynþe sauour hatte werischnesse or vnsauerynesse.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 106 (margin) Beetes is an herbe..of whose excedyng weryshenesse and vnsauerynesse [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	wearish
释义	wearishadj. /ˈwɪərɪʃ/ Forms: Middle English werische, Middle English–1500s werysshe, weris(s)he, -ysh(e, wearysh(e, wear-, weerishe, weerysh, 1500s–1600s werish, weerish, 1800s dialect warish, werrish, 1500s– wearish. Etymology: Late Middle English werische ; of obscure origin. Compare wersh adj. which is probably a contracted form of this. There is some resemblance in form and sense to the early modern Dutch wers, wars, warsch, ‘contrarius, adversus, malus’ (Kilian), modern Dutch wars, disgusted, averse, weary of, Dutch dialect warsig, Frisian wêrzich disgusting; but etymological connection seems improbable. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. a. Destitute of savour, sickly-flavoured, tasteless, insipid; unsalted. Cf. wersh adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [adjective] wallowc897 smatchless?c1225 unsavoury?c1225 fresha1398 savourlessa1398 wearish1398 wershed1398 fond?c1430 unsavoured1435 palled1440 mildc1450 walsh1513 wallowish1548 dead1552 waterish1566 cold1585 flatten1594 seasonless1595 wersha1599 blown1600 flash1601 fatuous1608 tasteless1611 flat1617 insipid1620 ingustable1623 flashy1625 flatted1626 saltless1633 gustless1636 remiss1655 rheumatical1655 untasteable1656 vapid1656 exolete1657 distasted1662 vappous1673 insulse1676 toothless1679 mawkisha1697 intastable1701 waugh1703 impoignant1733 flavourless1736 instimulating1740 deadish1742 mawky1755 brineless1791 wishy-washy1791 keestless1802 shilpit1814 wish-washy1814 sapidless1821 silent1826 slushy1839 bland1878 spendsavour1879 wish-wash1896 dolled1917 spiceless1980 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS.) (1495) iv. ix Flemme is an humouris kyndely colde and moyste, werische and unsauoury [L. insipidus]. c1425 St. Mary of Oignies ii. ii, in Anglia VIII. 154 As any man..amonge many manere deynte metes wolde forsake an vnsauory and werysshe mete. 1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 74 Also is Weerish tast called Unsavoury. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 328/2 Werysshe as meate is that is nat well tastye, mal sauouré. 1531 W. Tyndale Expos. 1 John Prol. (1538) 7 b As the tayste of the sycke maketh wholsome and well seasoned meate bytter, weerysh, and unsauery. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. iv. f. xxv If the salt waxe ones freshe and weryshe, wherin shal ani thing be wel seasoned? 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Inconditus..weryshe. 1607 W. N. Barley-breake sig. D2^v When Hyems shall vpon them shake his lockes, Their grazing feast will haue a wearish tatch. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Warish, unsavoury. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Werrish,..as applied to drinks, ‘small’, weak, sickly, insipid. b. figurative. Void of relish, insipid, savourless; flat, futile, ineffectual. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid colourlessc1425 unsavouryc1449 wearish?1533 wersha1599 tasteless1603 tame1604 juiceless1620 water gruela1627 dry1632 soulless1632 frigid1643 vapid1656 insipida1684 fade1715 heartless1780 vapid1785 achromatic1799 sauceless1817 albuminous1858 antiseptic1891 flat-footed1899 unatmospheric1913 defanged1920 anodyne1933 spiceless1942 tea-party1961 nothingburger1965 ?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew v. f. xxvij All werysh and vnsauery ceremonyes which haue loste their significacions. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes Erasm. Pref. vij^v In expressyng and vttreyng suche saiynges Xenophon seemeth to me somewhat weeryshe [L. mihi dilutior uidetur]. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test.* I. Matt. v. 10–12 Beeyng ouerwhelmed with weryshe opinions and vayne desyres. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. vii. 28, 29 They vsed to brynge furth certaine weryshe constitutions, of wasshyng their handes before meate, [etc.]. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Pref. Luke in Paraphr. New Test. iiij b So werishe and vneffectual was y^e vertue of the medicine of Physicke whiche thei brought [L. adeo Pharmacum quod adferebant uim habebat dilutam & inefficacem]. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. i. f. v The rude and wearysh preaching [L. sermo rudis et inconditus]. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. v. 523 Yeelding hir pleasures weerish, and hir amours tastlesse. 1650 H. Brooke Υγιεινη 4 A sickly, wearish, and momentany Delight. 2. a. Of persons and animals, their limbs, etc.: Sickly, feeble, delicate; lean, wizened, shrivelled. Also, of a countenance: Sickly-looking. Cf. wersh adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > looking ill wanc700 sunken?a1505 wersh?a1505 wearisha1535 waryish1565 sunk1578 chap-fallen1597 chop-fallen1604 squalid1661 sallow1747 sallowish1753 peaked1804 shilpit1813 shirpit1821 peely-wally1832 peakish1836 a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 54/1 Therw^t he plucked vp hys doublet sleue to his elbow..where he shewed a werish withered arme and small. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Hiij^v If thou canst spye a wealthie man, That hath a wearyshe chylde, There, shewe thy selfe officious. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 7^v A countenance, not werishe and crabbed, but faire and cumlie. 1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne f. 20^v A full weake & wearish body [L. corpore infirmo ac caduco]. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 116^v If they [sc. the stallions] be to yong, they get but weake and wearishe Coltes. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 137^v A small and a weerysh Sheepe. 1579 T. Lodge Protogenes 5 They..should so frame their potions, that they might be appliable to the quesie stomaks of their werish patients. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. L4^v They haue hyd a little weerish leane face vnder a broad French hat. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. v. sig. E6 A wretched wearish elfe, With hollow eyes and rawbone cheekes forspent. View more context for this quotation 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vi. xxii. 784 The deepe red wine which is harsh and rough,..is profitable to comfort the loose & wearish stomacke. 1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice v. sig. K^v A crooked leg,..a wearish hand, A bloodlesse lip. 1685 Bp. G. Burnet Life W. Bedell 257 It might often have been easily done, especially upon such a weakly and wearish Body. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Werrish, feeble; deficient in stamina; of a delicate constitution. 1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. v. 148 All the date-eaters are of a certain wearish visage. b. Comb.: wearish-coloured, sickly-hued, pale. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [adjective] > pale blackeOE blokec1200 blakec1275 fadec1290 bleykea1300 palisha1398 wanned1494 ashy?1541 wearish-coloured1548 wanny1555 wheyish1560 bleak1566 paly1568 ghastly1574 blankish1580 sick1599 palled1601 ashied1613 lurid1656 lunar1742 wax-like1748 ashen1808 unbrightened1827 waxy1835 peely-wally1895 waxen-hued1916 1548 W. Thomas Ital. Gram. & Dict. (1567) Pallida, pale, or wearishe coloured. c. Lacking energy, languid. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > languid aswindc885 fade1303 enlangouredc1400 sweyntc1450 wearish1650 languid1727 languorous1753 Mondayish1804 1650 H. Brooke Υγιεινη 163 A wearish and impotent giving up of the spirits. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 328 At the first setting out they seemed to run exceeding well, but after a while, to grow somewhat wearish. 3. Dull-witted, stupid. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] sloweOE stuntc960 dullOE hardOE stuntlyc1000 sotc1050 dillc1175 dulta1225 simplea1325 heavy1340 astonedc1374 sheepishc1380 dull-witteda1387 lourd1390 steerishc1411 ass-likea1425 brainless?a1439 deafc1440 sluggishc1450 short-witted1477 obtuse1509 peakish1519 wearish1519 deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520 doileda1522 gross1526 headlessa1530 stulty1532 ass-headed1533 pot-headed1533 stupid?1541 sheep's head1542 doltish1543 dumpish1545 assish1548 blockish1548 slow-witted1548 blockheaded1549 surd1551 dull-headed1552 hammer-headed1552 skit-brained?1553 buzzardly1561 witless1562 log-headeda1566 assy1566 sottish1566 dastardly1567 stupidious1567 beetle-headed1570 calvish1570 bluntish1578 cod's-headed1578 grout-headed1578 bedaft1579 dull-pated1580 blate1581 buzzard-like1581 long-eared1582 dullard1583 woodena1586 duncical1588 leaden-headed1589 buzzard1592 dorbellical1592 dunstical1592 heavy-headeda1593 shallow-brained1592 blunt-witted1594 mossy1597 Bœotian1598 clay-brained1598 fat1598 fat-witted1598 knotty-pated1598 stupidous1598 wit-lost1599 barren1600 duncifiedc1600 lourdish1600 stockish1600 thick1600 booby1603 leaden-pated1603 partless1603 thin-headed1603 leaden-skulledc1604 blockhead1606 frost-brained1606 ram-headed1608 beef-witted1609 insulse1609 leaden-spirited1609 asininec1610 clumse1611 blockheadly1612 wattle-headed1613 flata1616 logger-headeda1616 puppy-headeda1616 shallow-patedc1616 thick-brained1619 half-headed1621 buzzard-blinda1625 beef-brained1628 toom-headed1629 thick-witted1634 woollen-witted1635 squirrel-headed1637 clod-pated1639 lean-souled1639 muddy-headed1642 leaden-witteda1645 as sad as any mallet1645 under-headed1646 fat-headed1647 half-witted1647 insipid1651 insulsate1652 soft-headed1653 thick-skulleda1657 muddish1658 non-intelligent1659 whey-brained1660 sap-headed1665 timber-headed1666 leather-headeda1668 out of (one's) tree1669 boobily1673 thoughtless1673 lourdly1674 logger1675 unintelligenta1676 Bœotic1678 chicken-brained1678 under-witted1683 loggerhead1684 dunderheaded1692 unintelligible1694 buffle-headed1697 crassicc1700 numbskulled1707 crassous1708 doddy-polled1708 haggis-headed1715 niddy-noddy1722 muzzy1723 pudding-headed1726 sumphish1728 pitcher-souleda1739 duncey1743 hebete1743 chuckheaded1756 dumb1756 duncely1757 imbecile1766 mutton-headed1768 chuckle-headed1770 jobbernowl1770 dowfarta1774 boobyish1778 wittol1780 staumrel1787 opaquec1789 stoopid1791 mud-headed1793 borné1795 muzzy-headed1798 nog-headed1800 thick-headed1801 gypit1804 duncish1805 lightweight1809 numbskull1814 tup-headed1816 chuckle-pate1820 unintellectuala1821 dense1822 ninnyish1822 dunch1825 fozy1825 potato-headed1826 beef-headed1828 donkeyish1831 blockheadish1833 pinheaded1837 squirrel-minded1837 pumpkin-headed1838 tomfoolish1838 dundering1840 chicken-headed1842 like a bump on a log1842 ninny-minded1849 numbheadeda1852 nincompoopish1852 suet-brained1852 dolly1853 mullet-headed1853 sodden1853 fiddle-headed1854 numb1854 bovine1855 logy1859 crass1861 unsmart1861 off his chump1864 wooden-headed1865 stupe1866 lean-minded1867 duffing1869 cretinous1871 doddering1871 thick-head1873 doddling1874 stupido1879 boneheaded1883 woolly-headed1883 leaden-natured1889 suet-headed1890 sam-sodden1891 dopey1896 turnip-headed1898 bonehead1903 wool-witted1905 peanut-headed1906 peanut-brained1907 dilly1909 torpid-minded1909 retardate1912 nitwitted1917 meat-headed1918 mug1922 cloth-headed1925 loopy1925 nitwit1928 lame-brained1929 dead from the neck up1930 simpy1932 nail-headed1936 square-headed1936 dingbats1937 pinhead1939 dim-witted1940 pea-brained1942 clueless1943 lobotomized1943 retarded1949 pointy-headed1950 clottish1952 like a stunned mullet1953 silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954 out to lunch1955 pin-brained1958 dozy1959 eejity1964 out of one's tiny mind1965 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 twatty1975 twattish1976 blur1977 dof1979 goofus1981 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 numpty1992 cockish1996 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria v. f. 52 A werisshe [L. insulsus] felowe made al this besynes. 1537 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 103 My thyncke yt ys butt a weryshe persson to have any such lernyng of prophessye. 4. ? Peevish, cross-grained, crabbed. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adjective] stour1303 thwarta1325 elvishc1386 wrawc1386 wrawfulc1386 crabbeda1400 crousea1400 cursedc1400 doggeda1425 currishc1460 disagreeable1474 dour1488 thrawn1488 terne?1507 apirsmarta1522 crustyc1570 incommodious1570 bilious1571 mischievous-stomached1577 thrawn-faced1578 thrawn-mowit1578 wearisha1586 shrewish1596 rhubarbative1600 crabbish1606 ill-tempereda1616 cur-like1627 thrawn-faceda1628 terned1638 cross1639 splenial1641 frumpish1647 wry1649 bad-tempered1671 hot-tempered1673 sidy1673 ugly1687 ornery1692 cankerya1699 ramgunshoch1721 cantankerousc1736 frumpy1746 unhappy1756 grumpy1778 crabby1791 grumpish1797 thraw-gabbit18.. snarlish1813 cranky1821 stuntya1825 ill-natured1825 nattery1825 rantankerous1832 foul-tempered1835 cacochymical1836 as cross as two sticks1842 grumphy1846 knappy1855 carnaptious1858 cussed1858 three-cornered1863 snotty1870 sniffy1871 snorty1893 grouchy1895 scratchy1925 tight1950 stroppy1951 snitty1978 arsey1989 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxvi. sig. Ff3 Haue any of you children, that be not sometimes cumbersome? Haue any of you fathers, that be not sometime weerish? What, shall we..hate our children, or disobey our fathers? Derivatives ˈwearishly adv. languidly, without energy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adverb] > languidly languishingly1579 wearishly1633 languidly1726 languorously1858 1633 W. Ames Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies Pref. sig. b4 How wearishly & unwillingly goe they to the varke? ˈwearishness n. lack of savour. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [noun] wearishnessa1398 unsavouriness1422 tastelessness1600 flashinessa1603 wallowishness1603 insipidity1611 insipidnessa1631 deadness1707 flatness1707 mawkishness1727 walshness1808 ditchwateriness1840 savourlessness1841 blandness1846 silence1879 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. lii. 1316 The nynþe sauour hatte werischnesse or vnsauerynesse. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 106 (margin) Beetes is an herbe..of whose excedyng weryshenesse and vnsauerynesse [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.a1398
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