wisht

English

Etymology 1

Of obscure origin.[1]

Adjective

wisht (comparative wishter, superlative wishtest)

  1. (West Country, Cornwall, Devon) Sickly, weak.
    • 1897, Eden Phillpotts, Lying Prophets:
      “'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.”
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From wish +‎ -t.

Verb

wisht

  1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of wish
    Synonym: wished
    • 1632, Vicars, transl., Virgil:
      Great Tuscane dames, as she their towns past by, / Wisht her their daughter-in-law, but frustrately.

See also

References

  1. ^ “wisht, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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