English Explanatory Dictionary

warry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To curse; execrate; abuse; speak evil of.
adj
  1. Warlike, warrish.
adj
  1. Obsolete spelling of wary

Word forms

warry warries warrying warried wary warrier warriest

Etymology

From Middle English warrien, warien, waryen, werien, werȝen, from Old English wirġan, wirġean, weriġan, wirian (“to curse, revile”), from Proto-West Germanic *wargijan, from Proto-Germanic *wargijaną (“to curse”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to twist, bend, crook”).

Related words

wargus warriangle worry warray
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