wlatsome

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

     Murder is so loathsome and abominable.