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wisher

/ˈwɪʃə/WIH-shur
/ˈwɪʃɚ/WIH-shur

Meaningone who wishes

Common meaning: a person who wishes

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishwȳscan‘wish’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishwisshensource
  3. Englishwish‘want something to happen’
  4. Englishformed in English from wishwisher‘a person who wishes’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from wish + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), WISH, p.713 · scan

Source words

  • wȳscan Old English · source word “wish”

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