wersh

/ (wɜːʃ, Scottish wɛrʃ) /

adjective Scot

tasteless; insipid

sour; bitter

Nearby words

wernicke-korsakoff encephalopathy, wernicke-korsakoff syndrome, wero, werra, werris, wersh, wert, wertheim's operation, wertmuller, lina, wertmüller, werwolf

Word Origin for wersh

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

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Examples from the Web for wersh

It is very unsavory (Scottice: wersh); and no matter how much one may eat, two hours afterward he is as hungry as ever.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa|David Livingstone
Betterton is bitter bad; Ogle, "wersh as cauld parritch without sawte!"
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845|Various
The soul sickens at the monotonous sweetness of such a wersh existence.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction|Various