werrit
werrit verb: to worry needlessly over trivial things, often aloud and in a repetitive manner.
Verb
werrit (third-person singular simple present werrits, present participle werriting, simple past and past participle werrited)
- To worry needlessly over trivial things, often aloud and in a repetitive manner.
- I can't see it, says he, and he sets to werriting and haggling about it, and goes and tells everybody, as what I finds ain't there, and what he finds is, and that's what no tradesman will stand.1863, Owen v. Huxley (The Huxley Files)
Forms of werrit
| third-person singular present | werrits |
|---|---|
| present participle | werriting |
| past participle | werrited |
| past | werrited |
Origin of werrit
Unknown; used since at least the 1860s across England.
Questions about werrit
- What does werrit mean?
- Werrit means to worry needlessly over trivial things, often aloud and in a repetitive manner.
- What part of speech is werrit?
- Werrit is a verb.
- What is the past tense of werrit?
- The past tense of werrit is werrited.
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