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Thursday October 28, 1999

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wayworn \WAY-worn\ , adjective:
Wearied by traveling.

The wayworn Battalions halt in the Avenue: they have, for the present, no wish so pressing as that of shelter and rest.
-- Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution

These beautiful and verdant recesses, running through and softening the rugged mountains, were cheering and refreshing to the wayworn travellers.
-- Washington Irving, Astoria

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

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