Meanings
nurst1
verb
- archaicparticiplepastsimple past and past participle of nurse
They would not deign / To profit by a stain / On the honourable rules, / Knowing that practise perfidy no man durst / Who in the heroic schools / Was nurst.
a. 1928, Thomas Hardy, Then and Now
Nurst2
Origin
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nurst. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nurst
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nurst,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nurst.
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