† welmishadj.

Forms: Also 1600s whelmish.

Etymology: Origin obscure. Compare qualm n.³

Obsolete. rare.

Of colour: Pale, sickly (?).

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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > faint or weak

wateryOE

dima1250

lighta1398

rare?1440

delayed1543

faint1552

weak1585

pale1598

distempered1621

washya1639

thin1649

languid1663

dilute1665

welmish1688

sickly1695

dimmed1863

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. 13/1 Sky colour, or a light welmish Blew.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 23/2 If it [the rainbow] consist all of Yellow, this is palish; if white, its defiled, or whelmish.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 147/1 Green Verditer, a Welmish or Willow green.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	welmish
释义	† welmishadj. Forms: Also 1600s whelmish. Etymology: Origin obscure. Compare qualm n.³ Obsolete. rare. Of colour: Pale, sickly (?). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > faint or weak wateryOE dima1250 lighta1398 rare?1440 delayed1543 faint1552 weak1585 pale1598 distempered1621 washya1639 thin1649 languid1663 dilute1665 welmish1688 sickly1695 dimmed1863 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. 13/1 Sky colour, or a light welmish Blew. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 23/2 If it [the rainbow] consist all of Yellow, this is palish; if white, its defiled, or whelmish. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 147/1 Green Verditer, a Welmish or Willow green. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1688
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