waughadj.
/wɔːf/, /wɔːx/, /wɔː/, U.S. /wɔf/, /wɑf/, /wɔ/, /wɑ/, /wɔx/, /wɑx/, Scottish English /wɔx/, /wɔf/ Scottish and northern.
Tasteless, insipid; unpleasant to the smell or taste, sickly; faint, weak, etc. (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).
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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
1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 429 Waugh, insipid, unsalted, and so unsavory.
1814 C. I. Johnstone Saxon & Gaël III. 189 (Jam.) I think she'll no put owre this night. The wauch earth smell is about her already.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
waughint.
/wɔː/, U.S. /wɔ/ An exclamation indicating grief, indignation or the like. Chiefly as attributed to North American Indians, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [interjection] > other specific cries or exclamations
oeOE
heya1225
ouc1300
we13..
hac1320
how1377
how now?c1380
vaha1382
ha a!c1386
ha ha!c1386
hoa1400
ohoa1400
yowc1440
yoa1475
heh1475
hey ho?c1475
huffc1485
wemaya1500
whewa1500
wow1513
huffa?1520
gup?1528
ist1540
whow1542
hougha1556
whoo1570
good-now1578
ooh1602
phew1604
highday1606
huh1608
whoo-whoop1611
sessaa1616
tara1672
hegh1723
hip1735
waugha1766
whoofa1766
jee1786
goody1796
yaw1797
hech1808
whoo-ee1811
whizz1812
yah1812
soh1815
sirs1816
how1817
quep1822
soho1825
ow1834
ouch1838
pfui1838
suz1844
shoo1845
yoop1847
upsadaisy1862
houp-la1870
hooch1871
nu1892
ouff1898
upsy1903
oo-er1909
ooh-wee1910
eina1913
oops1921
whoopsie1923
whoops-a-daisy1925
hot-cha-cha1929
upsadaisy1929
walla1929
hotcha1931
hi-de-ho1936
po po po1936
ho-de-ho1941
oh, oh1944
oopsy1956
chingas1984
bambi2007
a1766 F. Sheridan Concl. Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph (1767) IV. 92 The other brat..squalls for it [sc. the toy] directly, Waugh, Sir, it was mine first.
1791 J. Long Voy. Indian Interpreter 164 Wa! wa! or Oh! oh! replied the Savage, but what is the warrior tied up for?
1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. xvii. 252 A tall Indian..stood upright, uttering the sententious exclamation, ‘Wagh!’
1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram III. iv. viii. 27 ‘Well, if ever I seed the like!’ quoth the Corporal..‘augh!—whaugh!—bother!’
1834 J. G. Whittier Mogg Megone 411 Wagh!—Mogg will have the pale-face's hair.
1846 P. B. St. John Enchanted Rock iv. 89 ‘Wagh!’ escaped from the lips of the Indian girl.
1891 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Sydney-side Saxon vi Talgai sings out ‘Wagh!’ and pointed with his chin, like all blacks do.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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