† wlatsomeadj.
Obsolete.
Loathsome, detestable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adjective]
loatha700
eileOE
andsetec1000
wlatfulc1230
aloathedc1275
wlatsomea1300
unhonest13..
wlata1325
hideousc1330
abominable1340
hatefula1382
hatesomea1382
abominablec1384
odiousa1387
fulsomec1390
accursedc1400
hatousc1400
rankc1400
hateablec1425
odiblec1425
ugsomec1425
wretchedc1430
loathsomec1440
loathfula1450
noisomea1450
abhominal1477
detestable1477
loathy1481
loathing?a1513
oppugnanta1513
irksome1513
hateworthy1548
abhorful1565
ugged1570
detestine1575
ulcerous1577
opposite1578
scandalous1592
offensive1594
obscene1597
ulcered1602
dirtya1616
abhorrent1628
toady1628
envious1630
repugnant1633
nauseating1645
nauseous1646
obnoxious1646
detestful1654
reluctant1663
horrid1666
abnoxious1682
devilish1692
invidious1710
repellent1776
repellant1780
sickening1789
toadish1822
carrion1826
ugging1839
cussed1853
repugnant1879
jerky1944
vomitous1952
barfy1957
a1300 Cursor Mundi 23229 Fell dragons and tades bath Þat ar apon to lok ful lath, Ful wlatsum on to here or se.
c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 634 Ful wlatsom was the stynk of his careyne.
c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 233 Mordre is so wlatsom and abhomynable To god.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 541 Lo! suche a wrakful wo for wlatsum dedez.
c1430 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 203 Man is but wlatsum erþe and clay.
c1480 (a1400) St. Matthew 484 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 204 His wlatsum Infirmyte [sc. leprosy].
c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 418 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 308 I sal sa quhow myn saule vithine is fylyt vith a vlatsum syne.
c1492 Chaucer's Nun's Priest's T. (Pynson) 233 Murdre is so waltsom [Thynne 1532, Stowe 1561 waltsome] and abhomynable.
1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Hastings xxx O waltsome murther, that attaynteth our fame.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > [noun]
wlatingc725
wlatc960
ugginga1325
uglinessc1325
loathingc1340
abominationc1350
wlatsomenessc1380
wlatingness1382
fastidie?a1425
loathsomenessc1425
ugsomenessc1450
horribility1496
detestation1526
abhorring1528
dislikingc1540
fastidiousness1541
abhorfulness1556
fulsomeness1563
execration1570
abhorment1576
detesting1591
loath?1591
abhorrence1592
abhorrency1596
dislike1597
distaste1598
disgust1611
nausea1619
oppositeness1619
nauseousness1622
detest1638
wearisomeness1642
repugnance1643
odium1645
abhorrition1649
abominate1651
nausity1654
disdain1655
repugnancy1681
degoust1716
repulsion1751
self-repugnance1852
kick1893
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 195 Here sour dowȝ is savery þing þat fordoiþ wlatsunnesse [sic].
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iv. x. f v There is..waltsomnes wt coleryk, spewynge, dryenes of tongue.
c1480 (a1400) St. Eugenia 351 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 134 Þe abbot..gat on his fete & stert hir fra,..hafand at hyr gret wlatsumnes.
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