werrit means to worry needlessly over trivial things, often aloud and in a repetitive manner. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “werrit” is a great word
WERRIT — [Verb] To worry needlessly over trivial things, often aloud and in a repetitive manner. Origin unknown; first attested in 1825 in a glossary by John Brockett. Unlike “worry,” which can cloak profound dread, or “fret,” which suggests a silent, internal gnawing, to werrit is to perform one’s anxiety outwardly and tiresomely. It is the fretful click of worry-beads in a waiting room, the vocalized, circular dread about a misplaced grocery list, or the nightly recital of improbable ailments—a minor-key ritual where the only comfort is in the airing of the discomfort itself.
Etymology
Unknown; used since at least the 1860s across England.
verb
- To worry needlessly over trivial things, often aloud and in a repetitive manner.“I can't see it, says he, and he sets to werriting and haggling about it, and goes and tells everybody, as what I finds ain't there, and what he finds is, and that's what no tradesman will stand.”