wersh

/ wɜːʃ; wɛrʃ /

adjective

Origin of wersh¹

C16: perhaps alteration of dialect wearish, probably of Germanic origin

It is very unsavory (Scottice: wersh); and no matter how much one may eat, two hours afterward he is as hungry as ever.

Betterton is bitter bad; Ogle, "wersh as cauld parritch without sawte!"

The soul sickens at the monotonous sweetness of such a wersh existence.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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