wisht

W4I1S1H4T1

adjective

Sickly, weak.

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wished
OriginEnglish wish ← Middle English wischen ← Old English wȳsċan →
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Meanings

wisht1

adjectivewisht (comparative wishter, superlative wishtest)

comparative wishter · superlative wishtest

  1. CornwallDevonWest CountrySickly, weak.

    “'Tweer wisht days for me, Mister Jan. I be such a poor lass in brains, an' I could awnly think of trouble 'cause I loved 'e so true. 'Tedn' like the same plaace when you'm away. Then I thot you'd gone right back to Lunnon, an' I judged my heart 'ud break for 'e, I did.”

    1897, Eden Phillpotts, Lying Prophets

wisht2

verb
  1. obsoleteparticiplepastsimple past and past participle of wish

    Great Tuscane dames, as she their towns past by, / Wisht her their daughter-in-law, but frustrately.

    1632, Vicars, transl., Virgil

    Synonyms: wished

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

wisht · adjective

Of obscure origin.

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wisht · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wenh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wnh₁sḱéti
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(ó)-os
  4. Proto-Germanic*wunskaz
  5. Proto-Germanic*wunskijaną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*wunskijan
  7. Old Englishwȳsċan
  8. Middle Englishwischen
  9. Englishwish
  10. Englishwisht

From wish + -t.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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MLA

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Chicago

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