wlatsome

English

Etymology

From Middle English wlatsum (“disgusting”). Cognate with Scots wlatsum (“loathsome, disgusting”).

Adjective

wlatsome (comparative more wlatsome, superlative most wlatsome)

1. (obsolete, UK, dialectal) Loathsome; disgusting; detestable; repulsive.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• wlātsom, wlātsum, waltsome

Etymology

From wlāte (“nausea, disgust, repugnance, loath”), from Old English wlǣtta (“loathing, nausea, eructation, heartburn”).

Adjective

wlātsome

1. loathsome, disgusting, hateful, abominable, repulsive, repugnant
   • 1380-90 Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Nun’s Priest's Tale:

     Murder is so wlatsome and abhominable

Descendants

• English: waltsome