warry

English

Etymology

From Middle English warrien, warien, waryen, werien, werȝen, from Old English wirġan, wirġean, wergan, wergian (“to curse, revile”), from Proto-Germanic *wargijaną (“to curse”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to twist, bend, crook”).

Verb

warry (third-person singular simple present warries, present participle warrying, simple past and past participle warried)

1. (transitive, archaic) To curse; execrate; abuse; speak evil of.

Related terms

• wargus
• warriangle
• worry