Definitions
causing to become limp or drooping
Word origin
Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from Middle English welken, presumed from Middle Dutch (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or Middle Low German welken (“to wither”), cognate with Old High German irwelhen (“to become soft”).
Used in a sentence
“Peer pressure on both partners, even from within the lesbian community, can help to wilt a budding intergenerational romance.”
“'Oh, my love, my love!' she murmured, 'wilt thou ever know how I have loved thee?' and she kissed him on the forehead, and then went and stood in the pathway of the flame of Life.”
“If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me.”
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01“Droop”4 letters
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