yarrish

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adjective

Having a rough, dry taste.

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Meanings

adjectiveyarrish (comparative more yarrish, superlative most yarrish)

comparative more yarrish · superlative most yarrish

  1. UKarchaicdialectalHaving a rough, dry taste.

    The others are of a dry or yarrish taste and mixd with Whitesour make an incomparable Cider.

    1900, Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Report and transactions, volume 32

Origin

From yar (“sour, brackish”) + -ish.

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