warish

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English warischen, warishen, warisshen, from Anglo-Norman waris-, the present participle stem of warir, from Old French guarir (modern guérir), from Frankish *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną. Compare guarish.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To cure or heal (an illness or a person).
   • Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales

     Thanne were myn herte / Al warisshed of his bittre peynes smerte.

   • (Can we date this quote by Holland and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Varro testifies that even at this day there be some who warish and cure the stinging of serpents with their spittle.

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To get better; to recover from an illness.

Etymology 2

Adjective

warish (comparative more warish, superlative most warish)

1. Alternative form of warrish (“warlike”).
   • 1861, Thomas Adams, The works: Being the sum of his sermons, meditations, and other divine and moral discourses. With memoir by Joseph Angus, page 404:

     ... life : and that a warish, short, and transient life.

   • 1974, Every librarian a manager: proceedings of a conference (Special Libraries Association, Indiana Chapter, Purdue University. Libraries and Audio-Visual Center):

     Because we found that operations management, strategic management of war forces, proved to have a lot of value, strategic management was shifted over into the arena of the industrial organization. So you'll notice the definition of strategy comes very much from a warish, militaristic context, i.e., the positioning of armed forces...

   • 2004, Instructor's Manual for Velasquez's Philosophy, A Text with Readings (→ISBN):

     [...] the state of nature is a warish, brutal state.

Anagrams

• hwairs, rawish