mawmsey

[prettygoodword]

mawmsey - adj., tired or stupid, as from drinking or want of sleep.


Archaic and dialectical, though apparently George Eliot named a character Mr. Mawmsey. Found via Obsolete Word of the Day.

---L.

Comments

[packbat.livejournal.com]

Grawlix! Where was this word six months ago, when I needed it?! :P

[pdlloyd.livejournal.com]

This is definitely one of those words that needs to be revived! *g* Seriously, I feel that way this morning, after staying up way too late last night.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Mouldering in a Victorian glossary of Leicestershire dialect.

---L.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Indeed -- it does need reviving. *yawn*

---L.