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wayworn

American

[way-wawrn, -wohrn] / ˈweɪˌwɔrn, -ˌwoʊrn /

adjective

worn or wearied by travel.

She was wayworn after the long trip.

wayworn British

/ ˈweɪˌwɔːn /

adjective

rare worn or tired by travel

footsore and wayworn

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of wayworn

First recorded in 1770–80; way ¹ + worn

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wayworn

The first night in Washington his wayworn band flopped down on the plaza lawn, slept on newspapers after police confiscated their bedding.

From Time Magazine Archive

Driven from home, they wandered hither and thither, seeking rest and finding none, till at length one day they arrived, wearied and wayworn, at the entrance of a mountain valley.

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare

Upon a little promontory on its southern margin stood a girl, meanly clad, wasted, and wayworn.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Various (magazine) Harper

Meanly clad and wayworn were the strangers who now sat endeavoring to dry their dripping clothes at the blaze, and conversing in a low tone together.

From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever

Ah, dear my lord, oh, cause me hope again, So I may comfort me my spright wayworn.

From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by John Payne

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