wlatsome

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

wlatsome (comparative more wlatsome, superlative most wlatsome)

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

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
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