warweary

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warweary (comparative warwearier or more warweary, superlative warweariest or most warweary)

  1. Alternative form of war-weary
    • 2006, Ngaire Woods, “Whose Institutions?”, in The Globalizers: The IMF, the World Bank, and Their Borrowers (Cornell Studies in Money), Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, →ISBN; republished Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2014, →ISBN:
      Warweary populations not only needed new investment and economic growth, they also needed a new vision of international economic relations and management [...]. This social need helps to explain the rapid public acceptance of the Bretton Woods plan.
    • 2012, Chami Jotisalikorn, Thailand’s Luxury Spas: Pampering Yourself in Paradise, →ISBN:
      The origins of the Thai herbal heat compress are obscure, but it's known that such compresses were used to soothe the aching muscles of warweary soldiers during the Thai-Burnese battles of the Ayutthaya period over 200 years ago.