wayworn

English

Etymology

way + worn

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈweɪ.wɔːn/

Adjective

wayworn (comparative more wayworn, superlative most wayworn)

  1. Weary from travelling.
    • 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter L, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. [], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, [], →OCLC, page 18:
      She was soon followed by Glentworth, who stepped slowly and anxiously towards the dressing-room, and, ere he reached it, heard, with a delight the wayworn traveller and anxious husband alone can know, Isabella's cry of joy,...

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