wersh

/ wɜːʃ; wɛrʃ /

adjective

1. tasteless; insipid
2. sour; bitter

Word History and Origins

Origin of wersh¹

C16: perhaps alteration of dialect wearish, probably of Germanic origin

Example Sentences

When plants by heat and moisture are stimulated to increased exertion on a poor soil, they acquire bulk without having it in their power to obtain at the same time those saline matters which constitute a healthy plant, becoming in fact, to the eye of an inexperienced person, thriving vegetables, while to the palate they prove wersh and watery.

From Project Gutenberg

Nae doot, themsel’s, they ken it weel, An’ wi’ a hash o’ leemon peel, 127 And ice an’ siccan filth, they ettle The stawsome kind o’ goo to settle Sic wersh apothecary’s broos wi’ As Scotsmen scorn to fyle their moo’s wi’.

From Project Gutenberg

Betterton is bitter bad; Ogle, "wersh as cauld parritch without sawte!"

From Project Gutenberg

The great thing with knowledge and the young is to secure that it shall be their own—that it be not merely external to their inner and real self, but shall go in succum et sanguinem; and therefore it is, that the self-teaching that a baby and a child give themselves remains with them forever—it is of their essence, whereas what is given them ab extra, especially if it be received mechanically, without relish, and without any energizing of the entire nature, remains pitifully useless  and wersh.

From Project Gutenberg

A kiss and a drink o' water mak but a wersh breakfast.

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