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worrier

noun

Etymology

From worry + -er.

  1. derived from *werǵʰ-✻ — “bind, squeeze”
  2. inherited from *wurgijaną✻
  3. inherited from wyrġan
  4. inherited from worien
  5. suffixed as worrier — “worry + er”

Definitions

  1. A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily.

    • You are such a worrier! I'm sure everything will turn out all right.

  2. A person who causes worry in others.

  3. An animal that seizes or shakes another by the throat.

    • The person owning a dog which had destroyed sheep could be made to pay for the damage; but the Court should also have an undoubted power to order incurable sheep-worriers to be destroyed.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA