Etymology

wannish

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Today it means: Quite wan or pale. Full definition →

Middle English wannysche
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromwannysche
  2. English todaywannish

From Middle English wannysche, wannyssh; equivalent to wan + -ish.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.