Wēar'ish, a.

a. [A-S. wær, wêr, the sea, a wave. See WEAR and WEERISH.] [Obs.]

1. Boggy; watery; washy; hence, insipid; tasteless; unsavory. “Wearish as meat that is not well tasted.” Palsgrave.
2. Weak; withered; shrunk. “A wearish hand.” Ford. “A little, wearish old man, very melancholy by nature.” Burton.