wlatsome
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Etymology edit
From wlāte (“nausea, disgust, repugnance, loath”), from Old English wlǣtta (“loathing, nausea, eructation, heartburn”).
Adjective edit
wlātsome
- 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
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- 1380-90 Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Nun’s Priest's Tale: