walshadj.
/wɔːlʃ/, /wɒlʃ/, U.S. /wɔlʃ/, /wɑlʃ/, Scottish English /wɔlʃ/ Scottish and northern.
Insipid, tasteless, ill-tasting; having a sickly taste, nauseous.
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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
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > disgusting
queasyc1450
walsh1513
filthy1533
wallowish1548
foul1560
maumish1580
nasty1601
distastable1607
distasteful1611
disgustfula1625
nauseous1649
fulsome1694
mawkisha1697
disgusting1754
pukey1852
brackish1871
wambly1899
bogging1973
feechie1975
angin1994
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. vii. 79 To pas..By gousty placis, welsche savorit, mist, and hair.
c1687 in C. K. Sharpe Witchcraft in Scotl. (1884) viii It was not bloud, but red as bloud,..it had a welsh taste.
1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 78 Walsh, insipid, fresh, waterish.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Welsh, insipid... Broth and water, and pottage without salt, are wallow or welsh.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Walsh, tasteless. ‘As walsh as the white of an egg’.
Derivatives
ˈwalshness n. insipidity.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [noun]
wearishnessa1398
unsavouriness1422
tastelessness1600
flashinessa1603
wallowishness1603
insipidity1611
insipidnessa1631
deadness1707
flatness1707
mawkishness1727
walshness1808
ditchwateriness1840
savourlessness1841
blandness1846
silence1879
1808 in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Walshness, want of flavour; insipidity.
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