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Today's Word "wayworn"

Wearied by traveling on

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wayworn \WAY-worn\ (adjective) - Wearied by traveling.

"But Aragorn was grown to full stature of body and mind, and Galadriel bade him cast aside his wayworn raiment, and she clothed him in silver and white..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien, 'The Return of the King'

 

Wayworn is way (from Old English weg) + worn (from Old English werian).


 

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