waid

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adjective

Oppressed with weight; crushed; weighed down.

OriginMiddle High German weit →
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Meanings

waid1

adjectivewaid (comparative more waid, superlative most waid)

comparative more waid · superlative most waid

  1. obsoleteOppressed with weight; crushed; weighed down.

    This being waid, as may delight, be not afraid, the countrey wight

    1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC

Waid2

proper nounWaid (plural Waids)

plural Waids

  1. A surname.

Origin

waid · adjective

For weighed.

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Waid · proper noun

  1. Middle High Germanweit“woad”
  2. EnglishWaid

From the German surname. See Weide (“pasture”), also derived from Middle High German weit (“woad”), see English woad.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

waid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waid

MLA

“waid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waid. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “waid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waid.

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