wisht

English

Adjective

wisht (comparative wishter, superlative wishtest)

1. (West Country, Cornwall, Devon) Sickly, weak.
   • 1897, Eden Phillpotts, Lying Prophets:

     “'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.”

Verb

wisht

1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of wish
   • 1632, Vicars (translator), Virgil

     Great Tuscane dames, as she their towns past by, / Wisht her their daughter-in-law, but frustrately.

Synonyms

• wished

Anagrams

• Whits, swith, whist, whits, withs