yarrish

English

Etymology

From yar (“sour, brackish”) +‎ -ish.

Adjective

yarrish (comparative more yarrish, superlative most yarrish)

1. (UK dialectal, archaic) Having a rough, dry taste.
   • 1900, Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Report and transactions, volume 32:

     The others are of a dry or yarrish taste and mixd with Whitesour make an incomparable Cider.

Related terms

• yar

References

• “yarrish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• 'Arryish