Jeff Lilly<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewWordsDaily2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewWordsDaily2025</span></a> Apr 19<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conlang</span></a><br>wesnith<br>/wesnθ/<br>Middle English wesneth, Old English hwesnþ.<br>From Proto-Germanic /xwesnθ/, from PIE root kweh2s-nt.<br>Cough + Progressive V.<br>In the throes of Covid.<br>Ex. She remained wesnith for weeks, exhausted and coughing.</p>