| 释义 |
walsh, a. Sc. and north.
Also 6 welsche, 7, 9 welsh.
[? contracted f. wallowish a. Cf. wash a., wersh a.]
Insipid, tasteless, ill-tasting; having a sickly taste, nauseous.
1513Douglas æneis vi. vii. 79 To pas..By gousty placis, welsche savorit, mist, and hair. c1687in C. K. Sharpe Witchcraft in Scot. viii. (1884), It was not bloud, but red as bloud,..it had a welsh taste. 1691Ray N.C. Words 78 Walsh, insipid, fresh, waterish. 1825Brockett N.C. Words, Welsh, insipid... Broth and water, and pottage without salt, are wallow or welsh. 1876Whitby Gloss., Walsh, tasteless. ‘As walsh as the white of an egg’.
Hence ˈwalshness, insipidity.
1808Jamieson. 1876Whitby Gloss., Walshness, want of flavour; insipidity. |