wayworn

[ wey-wawrn, -wohrn ]

adjective

worn or wearied by travel: She was wayworn after the long trip.

Origin of wayworn

First recorded in 1770–80; way¹ + worn

Words Nearby wayworn

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How to use wayworn in a sentence

We have had a most romantic journey, arriving in health, though wayworn, much of our ride having been in wagons.
Bertha and Her Baptism | Nehemiah Adams
A flash of joy and recognition leaped into his eyes as he beheld the wayworn figure in one of the antique carved oak chairs.
Under False Pretences | Adeline Sergeant
So many indeed were the months that the wayworn Pilgrim, himself, came at last to forget their number.
The Uncrowned King | Harold Bell Wright
Suppose some of the boys had seen me coming through Canterbury, wayworn and ragged, and should find me out?
The Personal History of David Copperfield | Charles Dickens
When you came to me, a little runaway boy, all dusty and wayworn, perhaps I thought so.
The Personal History of David Copperfield | Charles Dickens

British Dictionary definitions for wayworn

wayworn

/ (ˈweɪˌwɔːn) /

adjective

rare worn or tired by travel: footsore and wayworn

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