wershadj.

Brit.

/wəːʃ/, U.S.

/wərʃ/, Scottish English

/wɛrʃ/

Forms: Middle English warsch(e, 1500s wairsche, 1600s–1800s warsh, 1800s wairsh, wearsh, whersh, 1700s– wersh.

Etymology: Probably a contracted form of wearish adj. Compare wershed adj.

Scottish and northern dialect.

a. Of persons: Sickly or feeble in appearance. Also in combinations wersh-like, wersh-looking.

ΘΚΠ

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

wanc700

sunken?a1505

wersh?a1505

wearisha1535

waryish1565

sunk1578

chap-fallen1597

chop-fallen1604

squalid1661

sallow1747

sallowish1753

peaked1804

shilpit1813

shirpit1821

peely-wally1832

peakish1836

a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice 350 in Poems (1981) 144 Lene and dedelike, pitouse and pale of hewe, Rycht warsch [v.r. warsche] and wan and walowit as the wede.

1842 T. Carlyle Let. 3 Apr. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle. (1987) XIV. 112 A harmless, intelligent enough, rather wersh-looking man.

1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xli. 289 I thocht she was luikin' warsh-like.

b. Physically weak or sickly; squeamish.

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

1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 29 It was enough to gi' a warsh-stamack'd body a scunner.

1872 E. Lynn Linton Joshua Davidson vi. 119 We were getting whersh and weak for want of food.

2. Destitute of savour; insipid, tasteless, or sickly-flavoured; unsalted. = wearish adj. 1. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

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 mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid

colourlessc1425

unsavouryc1449

wearish?1533

wersha1599

tasteless1603

tame1604

juiceless1620

water gruela1627

dry1632

soulless1632

frigid1643

vapid1656

insipida1684

fade1715

heartless1780

vapid1785

achromatic1799

sauceless1817

albuminous1858

antiseptic1891

flat-footed1899

unatmospheric1913

defanged1920

anodyne1933

spiceless1942

tea-party1961

nothingburger1965

figurative.

a1599 R. Rollock Serm. Epist. Paul viii, in Sel. Wks. (1849) I. 398 He callis it not simplie and bairlie with ane wairsche word, the gospell,..bot he callis it the licht of the gospell.

1618 W. Barclay Nature & Effects Well at King-horne sig. Avij So ceasing to prosecute this warsh matter of water, I will never cease to continue Your L. most humble and obedient seruitour.

1633 W. Struther True Happines 48 This was Balaams warsh wishing, his desires were so weak, that they pearced not his heart, how could they pearce the heaven?

1720 A. Ramsay Wealth (new ed.) 8 And Helicon's wersh Well thou ca's Divine.

1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 80 As articles, they were not so musty as those of the old Scots Magazine..nor so wersh.

1884 Swinburne in 19th Cent. Oct. 556 Charles Reade's Dominican is worth a dozen such ‘wersh’, ineffectual, invertebrate studies.

lit.1823 J. Wilson Trials Margaret Lyndsay xxix. 234 Water's unco wersh, and does na sloken weel.1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 ii. 345/2 Sage-stuffing and apple-sauce—without which indeed your goose is wersh.1853 J. Sherer Gold-finder of Austral. 261 It is my opinion, this mutton's unco wersh, Watty. Ha'e ye ony saut?1861 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life 2nd Ser. 61 It's a' vera true, but a kiss and a tinniefu' o' cauld water maks a gey wersh breakfast.1921 Glasgow Herald 2 May 8 To be sure, unfermented wine is wersh stuff.

3. Of weather or wind: Unrefreshing; raw.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective]

starkOE

unkindc1330

foulc1390

distemperate1398

distempered1490

untemperate1525

intemperate1526

naughty1541

intempered1556

unkindly1579

sour1582

unclement1598

filthy1600

nasty1634

dirty1660

inclement1667

inclemental1709

wretched1711

foul-weather1750

ungenial1816

wersh1830

shabby1853

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd III. vii. vi. 55 The breeze, as it comes from the surrounding lofty woods, is wersh.

1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xl. 336 The yellow mist..had a wersh (raw) unkindly feel about it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	wersh
释义	wershadj. Brit. /wəːʃ/, U.S. /wərʃ/, Scottish English /wɛrʃ/ Forms: Middle English warsch(e, 1500s wairsche, 1600s–1800s warsh, 1800s wairsh, wearsh, whersh, 1700s– wersh. Etymology: Probably a contracted form of wearish adj. Compare wershed adj. Scottish and northern dialect. 1. a. Of persons: Sickly or feeble in appearance. Also in combinations wersh-like, wersh-looking. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > looking ill wanc700 sunken?a1505 wersh?a1505 wearisha1535 waryish1565 sunk1578 chap-fallen1597 chop-fallen1604 squalid1661 sallow1747 sallowish1753 peaked1804 shilpit1813 shirpit1821 peely-wally1832 peakish1836 a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice 350 in Poems (1981) 144 Lene and dedelike, pitouse and pale of hewe, Rycht warsch [v.r. warsche] and wan and walowit as the wede. 1842 T. Carlyle Let. 3 Apr. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle. (1987) XIV. 112 A harmless, intelligent enough, rather wersh-looking man. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xli. 289 I thocht she was luikin' warsh-like. b. Physically weak or sickly; squeamish. 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 1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 29 It was enough to gi' a warsh-stamack'd body a scunner. 1872 E. Lynn Linton Joshua Davidson vi. 119 We were getting whersh and weak for want of food. 2. Destitute of savour; insipid, tasteless, or sickly-flavoured; unsalted. = wearish adj. 1. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ 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 mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid colourlessc1425 unsavouryc1449 wearish?1533 wersha1599 tasteless1603 tame1604 juiceless1620 water gruela1627 dry1632 soulless1632 frigid1643 vapid1656 insipida1684 fade1715 heartless1780 vapid1785 achromatic1799 sauceless1817 albuminous1858 antiseptic1891 flat-footed1899 unatmospheric1913 defanged1920 anodyne1933 spiceless1942 tea-party1961 nothingburger1965 figurative. a1599 R. Rollock Serm. Epist. Paul viii, in Sel. Wks. (1849) I. 398 He callis it not simplie and bairlie with ane wairsche word, the gospell,..bot he callis it the licht of the gospell. 1618 W. Barclay Nature & Effects Well at King-horne sig. Avij So ceasing to prosecute this warsh matter of water, I will never cease to continue Your L. most humble and obedient seruitour. 1633 W. Struther True Happines 48 This was Balaams warsh wishing, his desires were so weak, that they pearced not his heart, how could they pearce the heaven? 1720 A. Ramsay Wealth (new ed.) 8 And Helicon's wersh Well thou ca's Divine. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 80 As articles, they were not so musty as those of the old Scots Magazine..nor so wersh. 1884 Swinburne in 19th Cent. Oct. 556 Charles Reade's Dominican is worth a dozen such ‘wersh’, ineffectual, invertebrate studies. lit.1823 J. Wilson Trials Margaret Lyndsay xxix. 234 Water's unco wersh, and does na sloken weel.1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 ii. 345/2 Sage-stuffing and apple-sauce—without which indeed your goose is wersh.1853 J. Sherer Gold-finder of Austral. 261 It is my opinion, this mutton's unco wersh, Watty. Ha'e ye ony saut?1861 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life 2nd Ser. 61 It's a' vera true, but a kiss and a tinniefu' o' cauld water maks a gey wersh breakfast.1921 Glasgow Herald 2 May 8 To be sure, unfermented wine is wersh stuff. 3. Of weather or wind: Unrefreshing; raw. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] starkOE unkindc1330 foulc1390 distemperate1398 distempered1490 untemperate1525 intemperate1526 naughty1541 intempered1556 unkindly1579 sour1582 unclement1598 filthy1600 nasty1634 dirty1660 inclement1667 inclemental1709 wretched1711 foul-weather1750 ungenial1816 wersh1830 shabby1853 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd III. vii. vi. 55 The breeze, as it comes from the surrounding lofty woods, is wersh. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xl. 336 The yellow mist..had a wersh (raw) unkindly feel about it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.?a1505
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