Wear"ish (?), a. [Etymol. uncertain, but
perhaps akin to weary.]
1. Weak; withered; shrunk. [Obs.] "A
wearish hand." Ford.
A little, wearish old man, very melancholy by
nature.
Burton.
2. Insipid; tasteless; unsavory. [Obs.]
Wearish as meat is that is not well
tasted.
Palsgrave.
Wear"ish (?), a. [Etymol. uncertain, but
perhaps akin to weary.]
1. Weak; withered; shrunk. [Obs.] "A
wearish hand." Ford.
A little, wearish old man, very melancholy by
nature.
Burton.
2. Insipid; tasteless; unsavory. [Obs.]
Wearish as meat is that is not well
tasted.
Palsgrave.