Wisht
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Wisht is an adjective meaning (West Country, Cornwall, Devon) Sickly, weak.
Meaning
(West Country, Cornwall, Devon) Sickly, weak.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) simple past and past participle of wish
Example Sentences
Great Tuscane dames, as she their towns past by, / Wisht her their daughter-in-law, but frustrately.
“'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.”
Word Forms
- wishter
- wishtest
Synonyms for wisht
Depending on context, synonyms include wished.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wearish, weaky, wanthriven, wannish, sick, sickly.
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