wamble-cropped
English
Alternative forms
- womblety-cropped
Etymology
Mid-16th century. From wamble (“nausea”) + cropped (“stomached”).
Adjective
wamble-cropped (comparative more wamble-cropped, superlative most wamble-cropped)
- Sick from excessive eating or drinking.
- (slang) Crestfallen; dejected.
Synonyms
- (sick): crapulous; See also Thesaurus:nauseated
- (crestfallen): See also Thesaurus:sad
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for wamble-cropped in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)