wornadj.

Brit.

/wɔːn/, U.S.

/wɔrn/

Forms: see wear v.¹; also 1600s wooren.

Etymology: past participle of wear v.¹

a. Impaired by wear or use, or by exposure; showing the results of use or attrition.

ΘΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn

attrite?a1475

worn1508

fretted1545

battered1593

trite1601

obsolete1611

obtrite1656

attrited1691

eroded1741

worn-down1814

1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. ss.iii Heuen & erth shall perysshe... Theyr condycyons shall in maner be olde & worne.

1563 in Inuentaires de la Royne Descosse (Bannatyne Club) 57 Mair ane vther coitt of blew veluot weill auld and worne.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie W 373 Old worne houses and rotten, exesæ ædes. Cic.

1575 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucolics vi. 17 The waightye pott of Bacchus with worne eares [L. attrita ansa].

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxii. 64 Whether it be a worne footing or a sharpe cuttying foote.

1817 J. Keats Spec. Induction 15 From the worn top of some old battlement.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. iii. 85 His dress consisted of..a worn dark suit.

1847 A. Gatty Bell Pref. The worn pen of an habitual sermon writer.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 31 Mar. 8/1 By the new arrangement, bankers in the country are deprived of all excuse for not sending in their worn coins.

1913 E. Wharton Custom of Country ii. xv. 203 The curtains of worn damask.

b. figurative. Of words or ideas: Hackneyed by use or repetition; trite.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > self-evident truth, axiom > [adjective] > trite, well-worn

worn1569

seta1616

well-worn1621

copybook1848

overdriven1888

tired1951

1569 T. Roest tr. J. van der Noot Theatre Worldlings 37 Hys woren Romyshe trashe patched and newly redressed.

1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie iii. v. 47 According to the worne axiome of Divinity,..Grace perfecteth nature.

1853 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Last Fruit 17 There you will see the most honourable men at the helm of government, who never thought their worn words worth keeping any more than their worn cloaths.

a. Of persons: Wasted, enfeebled, or exhausted by toil, exposure, age, anxiety, or ill-health; showing signs of such enfeeblement. (Cf. care-worn n. at care n.¹ Compounds 3.) Also of animals. Also in combinations, as worn-looking adj.

ΘΚΠ

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

unmightyeOE

unferea1060

unwieldc1220

fade1303

lewc1325

weak1340

fainta1375

sicklyc1374

unwieldyc1386

impotent1390

delicatea1398

lowa1398

unmighta1450

unlustyc1450

low-brought1459

wearyc1480

failed1490

worn1508

caduke?1518

fainty1530

weak1535

debile1536

fluey1545

tewly?1547

faltering1549

puling1549

imbecilec1550

debilitate1552

flash1562

unable1577

unhealthful1595

unabled1597

whindling1601

infirm1608

debilitated1611

bedrid1629

washya1631

silly1636

fluea1645

tender1645

invaletudinary1661

languishant1674

valetudinaire?c1682

puly1688

thriftless1693

unheartya1699

wishy-washy1703

enervate1706

valetudinarian1713

lask1727

wersh1755

palliea1774

wankle1781

asthenic1789

atonic1792

squeal1794

adynamic1803

worn-down1814

totterish1817

asthenical1819

prostrate1820

used up1823

wankya1825

creaky1834

groggy1834

puny1838

imbeciled1840

rickety-rackety1840

muscleless1841

weedy1849

tottery1861

crocky1880

wimbly-wambly1881

ramshackle1889

twitterly1896

twittery1907

wonky1919

strung out1959

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > showing signs of weariness or exhaustion

wearyOE

haggard1605

toil-worn1752

tired-faced1895

tired-eyed1905

worn-looking1918

1508 [see sense 1a].

1574 J. Baret Aluearie W 373 An old worne souldiour, past warre which had a pension.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 17 Finding him so worne and wasted with continual mourning.

1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades ix. 164 Though..The hie and mightie gods should say they would againe renew To youth my worne corpse.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1368/1 To doctor Sanders a naturall borne subiect, but an vnnaturall worne priest.

1688 S. Pepys Mem. Royal Navy (1690) 157 A worn unassisted Secretary.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 550 So worn, so wretched, so despis'd a Crew.

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion vii. 351 To conceal Tender emotions spreading from the heart To his worn cheek.

1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. viii. 302 The President..looked somewhat worn and anxious, and well he might.

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxiv. 245 I..was shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face.

1870 T. H. Huxley Lay Serm. iii. 48 The serene resting-place for worn human nature—the world of art.

a1891 T. B. Aldrich Lander in Cent. Dict. Lead the worn war-horse by the pluméd bier.

1918 M. B. Lowndes Out of War? 48 Stern worn~looking man.

1978 D. Murphy Place Apart vi. 120 They seem so watchful and worn-looking.

b. Of land: Spent, exhausted, no longer fertile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > infertile

unbearingc825

geasonOE

unkindc1330

barren1377

unfructuousa1382

poora1387

leanc1420

exile?1440

salt1535

unfruitful?1542

sterile1572

dead1577

unlusty1580

queasy1593

heartless1594

unfertile1596

emacerated1610

sapless1655

unprolific1672

uncivil1676

ungrateful1681

worn1681

teemless1687

unproductive1725

poorish1767

ill-conditioned1796

scanty1797

rammelly1808

starve-acre1891

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > exhausted

worn1681

sickly1697

potato-sick1834

harvestless1868

scourged1880

turnip-sick1880

soil-sick1962

desertified1980

1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 20 Which Inclosures they will keep up for several years, until the Ground becomes so worn, that the Flowers will thrive there no longer.

1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Gray).

†3. Of time, a period: Past, spent. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [adjective]

formerc1160

apassedc1314

past1340

preterite1340

eldera1400

elderna1400

eldernlya1400

bygone1424

bypast1452

ancient1490

by-runa1522

bywenta1522

spent1528

departed1552

forepassed1557

preter1578

by-come1592

worn-out1594

preterlapsed1599

foregone1609

worna1616

elapseda1644

lapsed1702

surpassed1725

gone-by1758

back1808

old-time1865

by-flown1884

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. i. 141 Infirmitie (Which waits vpon worne times).

4. With adverb. (See also worn-out adj.)

a. worn-down adj. in senses 1, 2 above.

ΘΚΠ

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

unmightyeOE

unferea1060

unwieldc1220

fade1303

lewc1325

weak1340

fainta1375

sicklyc1374

unwieldyc1386

impotent1390

delicatea1398

lowa1398

unmighta1450

unlustyc1450

low-brought1459

wearyc1480

failed1490

worn1508

caduke?1518

fainty1530

weak1535

debile1536

fluey1545

tewly?1547

faltering1549

puling1549

imbecilec1550

debilitate1552

flash1562

unable1577

unhealthful1595

unabled1597

whindling1601

infirm1608

debilitated1611

bedrid1629

washya1631

silly1636

fluea1645

tender1645

invaletudinary1661

languishant1674

valetudinaire?c1682

puly1688

thriftless1693

unheartya1699

wishy-washy1703

enervate1706

valetudinarian1713

lask1727

wersh1755

palliea1774

wankle1781

asthenic1789

atonic1792

squeal1794

adynamic1803

worn-down1814

totterish1817

asthenical1819

prostrate1820

used up1823

wankya1825

creaky1834

groggy1834

puny1838

imbeciled1840

rickety-rackety1840

muscleless1841

weedy1849

tottery1861

crocky1880

wimbly-wambly1881

ramshackle1889

twitterly1896

twittery1907

wonky1919

strung out1959

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn

attrite?a1475

worn1508

fretted1545

battered1593

trite1601

obsolete1611

obtrite1656

attrited1691

eroded1741

worn-down1814

1814 Sporting Mag. 44 147 The poor worn-down sort [of horses] are the most common victims of this barbarity.

1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 265 A worn-down crater.

1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) xix. 440 The worn-down sandstone.

1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 876/2 The old worn-down tooth is shed.

b. worn-in, ingrained by attrition or exposure to weather. (Cf. inworn adj.)

ΘΠ

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [adjective] > worn in

inworn1641

worn-in1883

1883 Good Words Aug. 543/2 Weather-stain and worn-in dirt.

†c. worn-up (wear v.¹ 10b) = worn-out adj. 2.

ΘΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective]

wearyc825

asadc1306

ateyntc1325

attaintc1325

recrayed1340

methefula1350

for-wearya1375

matea1375

taintc1380

heavy1382

fortireda1400

methefula1400

afoundered?a1425

tewedc1440

travailedc1440

wearisomec1460

fatigate1471

defatigatec1487

tired1488

recreant1490

yolden?1507

fulyeit?a1513

traiked?a1513

tavert1535

wearied1538

fatigated1552

awearya1555

forwearied1562

overtired1567

spenta1568

done1575

awearied1577

stank1579

languishinga1586

bankrupt?1589

fordone1590

spent1591

overwearied1592

overworn1592

outworn1597

half-dead1601

back-broken1603

tiry1611

defatigated1612

dog-wearya1616

overweary1617

exhaust1621

worn-out1639

embossed1651

outspent1652

exhausted1667

beaten1681

bejaded1687

harassed1693

jaded1693

lassate1694

defeata1732

beat out1758

fagged1764

dog-tired1770

fessive1773

done-up1784

forjeskit1786

ramfeezled1786

done-over1789

fatigued1791

forfoughten1794

worn-up1812

dead1813

out-burnta1821

prostrate1820

dead beat1822

told out1822

bone-tireda1825

traiky1825

overfatigued1834

outwearied1837

done like (a) dinner1838

magged1839

used up1839

tuckered outc1840

drained1855

floored1857

weariful1862

wappered1868

bushed1870

bezzled1875

dead-beaten1875

down1885

tucked up1891

ready (or fit) to drop1892

buggered-up1893

ground-down1897

played1897

veal-bled1899

stove-up1901

trachled1910

ragged1912

beat up1914

done in1917

whacked1919

washy1922

pooped1928

shattered1930

punchy1932

shagged1932

shot1939

whipped1940

buggered1942

flaked (out)1942

fucked1949

sold-out1958

wiped1958

burnt out1959

wrung out1962

juiced1965

hanging1971

zonked1972

maxed1978

raddled1978

zoned1980

cream crackered1983

1812 Sporting Mag. 39 209 A purchaser of worn-up horses.

Derivatives

ˈwornness n. worn condition.

1873 A. D. Whitney Other Girls vi. 72 The first poetry, the first fresh touches [of her new life]..were passed into established use, and dulled into wornness and commonness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	worn
释义	wornadj. Brit. /wɔːn/, U.S. /wɔrn/ Forms: see wear v.¹; also 1600s wooren. Etymology: past participle of wear v.¹ 1. a. Impaired by wear or use, or by exposure; showing the results of use or attrition. ΘΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn attrite?a1475 worn1508 fretted1545 battered1593 trite1601 obsolete1611 obtrite1656 attrited1691 eroded1741 worn-down1814 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. ss.iii Heuen & erth shall perysshe... Theyr condycyons shall in maner be olde & worne. 1563 in Inuentaires de la Royne Descosse (Bannatyne Club) 57 Mair ane vther coitt of blew veluot weill auld and worne. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie W 373 Old worne houses and rotten, exesæ ædes. Cic. 1575 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucolics vi. 17 The waightye pott of Bacchus with worne eares [L. attrita ansa]. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxii. 64 Whether it be a worne footing or a sharpe cuttying foote. 1817 J. Keats Spec. Induction 15 From the worn top of some old battlement. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. iii. 85 His dress consisted of..a worn dark suit. 1847 A. Gatty Bell Pref. The worn pen of an habitual sermon writer. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 31 Mar. 8/1 By the new arrangement, bankers in the country are deprived of all excuse for not sending in their worn coins. 1913 E. Wharton Custom of Country ii. xv. 203 The curtains of worn damask. b. figurative. Of words or ideas: Hackneyed by use or repetition; trite. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > self-evident truth, axiom > [adjective] > trite, well-worn worn1569 seta1616 well-worn1621 copybook1848 overdriven1888 tired1951 1569 T. Roest tr. J. van der Noot Theatre Worldlings 37 Hys woren Romyshe trashe patched and newly redressed. 1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie iii. v. 47 According to the worne axiome of Divinity,..Grace perfecteth nature. 1853 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Last Fruit 17 There you will see the most honourable men at the helm of government, who never thought their worn words worth keeping any more than their worn cloaths. 2. a. Of persons: Wasted, enfeebled, or exhausted by toil, exposure, age, anxiety, or ill-health; showing signs of such enfeeblement. (Cf. care-worn n. at care n.¹ Compounds 3.) Also of animals. Also in combinations, as worn-looking adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak unmightyeOE unferea1060 unwieldc1220 fade1303 lewc1325 weak1340 fainta1375 sicklyc1374 unwieldyc1386 impotent1390 delicatea1398 lowa1398 unmighta1450 unlustyc1450 low-brought1459 wearyc1480 failed1490 worn1508 caduke?1518 fainty1530 weak1535 debile1536 fluey1545 tewly?1547 faltering1549 puling1549 imbecilec1550 debilitate1552 flash1562 unable1577 unhealthful1595 unabled1597 whindling1601 infirm1608 debilitated1611 bedrid1629 washya1631 silly1636 fluea1645 tender1645 invaletudinary1661 languishant1674 valetudinaire?c1682 puly1688 thriftless1693 unheartya1699 wishy-washy1703 enervate1706 valetudinarian1713 lask1727 wersh1755 palliea1774 wankle1781 asthenic1789 atonic1792 squeal1794 adynamic1803 worn-down1814 totterish1817 asthenical1819 prostrate1820 used up1823 wankya1825 creaky1834 groggy1834 puny1838 imbeciled1840 rickety-rackety1840 muscleless1841 weedy1849 tottery1861 crocky1880 wimbly-wambly1881 ramshackle1889 twitterly1896 twittery1907 wonky1919 strung out1959 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > showing signs of weariness or exhaustion wearyOE haggard1605 toil-worn1752 tired-faced1895 tired-eyed1905 worn-looking1918 1508 [see sense 1a]. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie W 373 An old worne souldiour, past warre which had a pension. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 17 Finding him so worne and wasted with continual mourning. 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades ix. 164 Though..The hie and mightie gods should say they would againe renew To youth my worne corpse. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1368/1 To doctor Sanders a naturall borne subiect, but an vnnaturall worne priest. 1688 S. Pepys Mem. Royal Navy (1690) 157 A worn unassisted Secretary. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 550 So worn, so wretched, so despis'd a Crew. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion vii. 351 To conceal Tender emotions spreading from the heart To his worn cheek. View more context for this quotation 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. viii. 302 The President..looked somewhat worn and anxious, and well he might. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxiv. 245 I..was shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face. 1870 T. H. Huxley Lay Serm. iii. 48 The serene resting-place for worn human nature—the world of art. a1891 T. B. Aldrich Lander in Cent. Dict. Lead the worn war-horse by the pluméd bier. 1918 M. B. Lowndes Out of War? 48 Stern worn~looking man. 1978 D. Murphy Place Apart vi. 120 They seem so watchful and worn-looking. b. Of land: Spent, exhausted, no longer fertile. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > infertile unbearingc825 geasonOE unkindc1330 barren1377 unfructuousa1382 poora1387 leanc1420 exile?1440 salt1535 unfruitful?1542 sterile1572 dead1577 unlusty1580 queasy1593 heartless1594 unfertile1596 emacerated1610 sapless1655 unprolific1672 uncivil1676 ungrateful1681 worn1681 teemless1687 unproductive1725 poorish1767 ill-conditioned1796 scanty1797 rammelly1808 starve-acre1891 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > exhausted worn1681 sickly1697 potato-sick1834 harvestless1868 scourged1880 turnip-sick1880 soil-sick1962 desertified1980 1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 20 Which Inclosures they will keep up for several years, until the Ground becomes so worn, that the Flowers will thrive there no longer. 1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Gray). †3. Of time, a period: Past, spent. Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adjective] formerc1160 apassedc1314 past1340 preterite1340 eldera1400 elderna1400 eldernlya1400 bygone1424 bypast1452 ancient1490 by-runa1522 bywenta1522 spent1528 departed1552 forepassed1557 preter1578 by-come1592 worn-out1594 preterlapsed1599 foregone1609 worna1616 elapseda1644 lapsed1702 surpassed1725 gone-by1758 back1808 old-time1865 by-flown1884 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. i. 141 Infirmitie (Which waits vpon worne times). View more context for this quotation 4. With adverb. (See also worn-out adj.) a. worn-down adj. in senses 1, 2 above. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak unmightyeOE unferea1060 unwieldc1220 fade1303 lewc1325 weak1340 fainta1375 sicklyc1374 unwieldyc1386 impotent1390 delicatea1398 lowa1398 unmighta1450 unlustyc1450 low-brought1459 wearyc1480 failed1490 worn1508 caduke?1518 fainty1530 weak1535 debile1536 fluey1545 tewly?1547 faltering1549 puling1549 imbecilec1550 debilitate1552 flash1562 unable1577 unhealthful1595 unabled1597 whindling1601 infirm1608 debilitated1611 bedrid1629 washya1631 silly1636 fluea1645 tender1645 invaletudinary1661 languishant1674 valetudinaire?c1682 puly1688 thriftless1693 unheartya1699 wishy-washy1703 enervate1706 valetudinarian1713 lask1727 wersh1755 palliea1774 wankle1781 asthenic1789 atonic1792 squeal1794 adynamic1803 worn-down1814 totterish1817 asthenical1819 prostrate1820 used up1823 wankya1825 creaky1834 groggy1834 puny1838 imbeciled1840 rickety-rackety1840 muscleless1841 weedy1849 tottery1861 crocky1880 wimbly-wambly1881 ramshackle1889 twitterly1896 twittery1907 wonky1919 strung out1959 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn attrite?a1475 worn1508 fretted1545 battered1593 trite1601 obsolete1611 obtrite1656 attrited1691 eroded1741 worn-down1814 1814 Sporting Mag. 44 147 The poor worn-down sort [of horses] are the most common victims of this barbarity. 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 265 A worn-down crater. 1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) xix. 440 The worn-down sandstone. 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 876/2 The old worn-down tooth is shed. b. worn-in, ingrained by attrition or exposure to weather. (Cf. inworn adj.) ΘΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [adjective] > worn in inworn1641 worn-in1883 1883 Good Words Aug. 543/2 Weather-stain and worn-in dirt. †c. worn-up (wear v.¹ 10b) = worn-out adj. 2. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] wearyc825 asadc1306 ateyntc1325 attaintc1325 recrayed1340 methefula1350 for-wearya1375 matea1375 taintc1380 heavy1382 fortireda1400 methefula1400 afoundered?a1425 tewedc1440 travailedc1440 wearisomec1460 fatigate1471 defatigatec1487 tired1488 recreant1490 yolden?1507 fulyeit?a1513 traiked?a1513 tavert1535 wearied1538 fatigated1552 awearya1555 forwearied1562 overtired1567 spenta1568 done1575 awearied1577 stank1579 languishinga1586 bankrupt?1589 fordone1590 spent1591 overwearied1592 overworn1592 outworn1597 half-dead1601 back-broken1603 tiry1611 defatigated1612 dog-wearya1616 overweary1617 exhaust1621 worn-out1639 embossed1651 outspent1652 exhausted1667 beaten1681 bejaded1687 harassed1693 jaded1693 lassate1694 defeata1732 beat out1758 fagged1764 dog-tired1770 fessive1773 done-up1784 forjeskit1786 ramfeezled1786 done-over1789 fatigued1791 forfoughten1794 worn-up1812 dead1813 out-burnta1821 prostrate1820 dead beat1822 told out1822 bone-tireda1825 traiky1825 overfatigued1834 outwearied1837 done like (a) dinner1838 magged1839 used up1839 tuckered outc1840 drained1855 floored1857 weariful1862 wappered1868 bushed1870 bezzled1875 dead-beaten1875 down1885 tucked up1891 ready (or fit) to drop1892 buggered-up1893 ground-down1897 played1897 veal-bled1899 stove-up1901 trachled1910 ragged1912 beat up1914 done in1917 whacked1919 washy1922 pooped1928 shattered1930 punchy1932 shagged1932 shot1939 whipped1940 buggered1942 flaked (out)1942 fucked1949 sold-out1958 wiped1958 burnt out1959 wrung out1962 juiced1965 hanging1971 zonked1972 maxed1978 raddled1978 zoned1980 cream crackered1983 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 209 A purchaser of worn-up horses. Derivatives ˈwornness n. worn condition. Π 1873 A. D. Whitney Other Girls vi. 72 The first poetry, the first fresh touches [of her new life]..were passed into established use, and dulled into wornness and commonness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † wornv. Etymology: ? representing Old English weornian to wither, fade. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To waste away. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > waste away wastec1400 wear1414 consume1526 worna1538 absume1590 smartle1673 a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 51 & so hyt fallyth in to manyfest dekey & by lytyl & lytyl wornyth away. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < adj.1508v.a1538
随便看	lay full low lay gauge lay good wait lay hand lay hand on or in lay hand on or to lay hand on or upon lay hands on or in lay hands on or to lay hands on or upon lay high fives lay himself down to his work lay hold on, of lay hold upon, of lay home, hard, hardly to lay impropriator leaving party leaving present leaving scholarship leaving shop leaving-off leaving-off time leaving-out leavingoff leavingoff time

wornadj.

Derivatives

† wornv.