worrit

/ (ˈwʌrɪt) /

(tr) dialect to tease or worry

Word Origin for worrit

probably variant of worry, but compare wherrit

I do believe people turn Catholics a-purpose to vex and worrit me!'

France and the Republic |William Henry Hurlbert
Sit ye down, and give me your forgiveness for having ever been a worrit to you, Dan'l—what have my contraries ever been to this!

David Copperfield |Charles Dickens
He used to fret and worrit 'cause there warn't no school, and he couldn't ha' gone to it if there was.

Queen Hildegarde |Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
Nobody knows but them that has to do it what the worrit of the roads is.

Cripps, the Carrier |R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

I—was worrit when he didn't come back—when he didn't wake up, to-night, an' it took to rainin'.

Palos of the Dog Star Pack |J. U. Giesy