Helen Fenton

Wishy-washy: Definition and part of speech

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Wishy-washy

  1. n. A weak or thin drink or liquor; wish-wash.
  2. a. Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; — originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wishbone: Definition and part of speech

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Wishbone

  1. n. The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; — called also merrythought, and wishing bone. See Merrythought, and Furculum.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wishful: Definition and part of speech

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Wishful

  1. a. Desirable; exciting wishes.
  2. a. Having desire, or ardent desire; longing.
  3. a. Showing desire; as, wishful eyes.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.