Word: 'worry' • Extended Annotations

worry

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Ancestral Lore of worry

worry, verb

circa 1300, wirien, "to slay, kill or injure by biting and shaking the throat"

from Old English wyrgan "to strangle"
from Proto-Germanic *wurgjan
from *wergh-, from PIE root *wer- "to turn, bend"

original sense (from the same source) lives on in Dutch worgen and German würgen "to strangle"

worry, noun

1804, from the verb worry, "anxiety arising from cares and troubles"

worry verb

to afflict with mental distress or agitation; make anxious
a: to harass by tearing, biting, or snapping especially at the throat
b: to shake or pull at with the teeth
c: to touch or disturb something repeatedly
d: to change the position of or adjust by repeated pushing or hauling
a: to assail with rough or aggressive attack or treatment; torment
b: to subject to persistent or nagging attention or effort
dialectal British: choke, strangle

worry noun

a: mental distress or agitation resulting from concern usually for something impending or anticipated; anxiety
b: an instance or occurrence of such distress or agitation
a cause of worry; trouble, difficulty

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