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Meaning of WEARISH

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Wear"ish\, a. [Etymol. uncertain, but perhaps akin to
weary.]
1. Weak; withered; shrunk. [Obs.] ``A wearish hand.'' --Ford.
         A little, wearish old man, very melancholy by
         nature.                               --Burton.
2. Insipid; tasteless; unsavory. [Obs.]
         Wearish as meat is that is not well tasted.
                                               --Palsgrave.
 
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