wayworn

[ wey-wawrn, -wohrn ]

adjective

1. worn worn or wearied by travel:

   She was wayworn after the long trip.

wayworn

/ ˈweɪˌwɔːn /

adjective

1. rare.
   worn or tired by travel

   footsore and wayworn

Word History and Origins

Origin of wayworn¹

First recorded in 1770–80; way ¹ + worn

Example Sentences

We have had a most romantic journey, arriving in health, though wayworn, much of our ride having been in wagons.

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A flash of joy and recognition leaped into his eyes as he beheld the wayworn figure in one of the antique carved oak chairs.

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So many indeed were the months that the wayworn Pilgrim, himself, came at last to forget their number.

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Suppose some of the boys had seen me coming through Canterbury, wayworn and ragged, and should find me out?

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When you came to me, a little runaway boy, all dusty and wayworn, perhaps I thought so.

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