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waugh

UK/wɔː/US/wɑ/

waugh adjective: insipid; tasteless. Also the alternative form of waff.

Adjective

waugh (comparative more waugh, superlative most waugh)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) Insipid; tasteless.

Proper noun capitalized: Waugh

Waugh (countable and uncountable, plural Waughs)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama.
  3. An unincorporated community in Marion Township, Boone County, Indiana.

Also used as

waugh is also the alternative form of waff.

Forms of waugh

Adjective
comparativemore waugh
superlativemost waugh
Verb
third-person singular presentwaughs
present participlewaughing
past participlewaughed
pastwaughed
Proper noun
pluralWaughs

Origin of waugh

From Middle English walh, from Old English wealg. More at wallow (“tasteless, flat”).

Probably from Old English walh (“foreign”), perhaps applied originally to the Welsh-speaking Britons who survived in Scotland well into the Middle Ages.

Words formed from waugh

Words that rhyme with waugh

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Questions about waugh

What does waugh mean?
Waugh means insipid; tasteless.
What part of speech is waugh?
Waugh can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce waugh?
Waugh is pronounced /wɔː/ (UK).

Words near waugh in the dictionary

  1. Wauchula
  2. Waucoban
  3. Wauconda
  4. Waugaman
  5. Waugamans
  6. waugh
  7. waughed
  8. Waughesque
  9. Waughian
  10. waughing
  11. waughs

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