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wisht

wisht adjective: sickly, weak. Also the simple past and past participle of wish.

Adjective

wisht (comparative wishter, superlative wishtest)

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

Also used as

wisht is also the simple past and past participle of wish.

Synonyms of wisht

Forms of wisht

comparativewishter
superlativewishtest

Origin of wisht

Of obscure origin.

From wish + -t.

Words formed from wisht

Questions about wisht

What does wisht mean?
Wisht means sickly, weak.
What part of speech is wisht?
Wisht is an adjective.

Words near wisht in the dictionary

  1. Wishon
  2. Wishons
  3. Wishosk
  4. Wishoskan
  5. Wishram
  6. wisht
  7. wisht as a winnard
  8. wishter
  9. wishtest
  10. wishtonwish
  11. wishtonwishes

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