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wearish
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wearish \Wear"ish\, a. [Etymol. uncertain, but perhaps akin to
weary.]
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1. Weak; withered; shrunk. [Obs.] "A wearish hand." --Ford.
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A little, wearish old man, very melancholy by
nature. --Burton.
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2. Insipid; tasteless; unsavory. [Obs.]
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Wearish as meat is that is not well tasted.
--Palsgrave.
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