Irish
[ˈaɪrɪʃ]
Definition
(noun.) the Celtic language of Ireland.
(noun.) whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley.
(noun.) people of Ireland or of Irish extraction.
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.
(n. sing. & pl.) The natives or inhabitants of Ireland, esp. the Celtic natives or their descendants.
(n. sing. & pl.) The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-Celtic.
(n. sing. & pl.) An old game resembling backgammon.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Of Ireland.
n. [1]. Irish language.[2]. Natives of Ireland.
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Definition
adj. relating to or produced in Ireland.—n. language of the Irish a form of Celtic: (pl.) the natives or inhabitants of Ireland.—ns. I′ricism I′rishism a phrase or idiom peculiar to the Irish.—n.pl. I′rishry the people of Ireland.—Irish moss carrageen; Irish stew a palatable dish of mutton onions and potatoes seasoned and stewed in water mixed with flour.
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Examples
- The honest Irish maid-servant, delighted with the change, asked leave to kiss the face that had grown all of a sudden so rosy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I do not know, said the man, what the custom of the English may be; but it is the custom of the Irish to hate villains. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Sing us an Irish song, Rosa! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There are several varieties, as the Irish greyhound, the Scottish, the Russian, the Italian and the Turkish. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In Britain, England carried on her back the Hanoverian dominions in Germany, Scotland, the profoundly alien Welsh and the hostile and Catholic Irish. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Well done, gentleman, interposed the poor Irish traveller, this bates the cork jacket anyhow in life! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He drove his curricle; he drank his claret; he played his rubber; he told his Indian stories, and the Irish widow consoled and flattered him as usual. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Those parts of Great Britain which border upon the Irish sea are all grazing countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Now because of the Union of the Parliaments, the enfranchisement of the English and Irish populations went on simultaneously. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Let the British and their pet Ulstermen do as they would, said the Irish. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And you reward me after years of devotion by giving me your blessing upon my marriage, forsooth, with this flaunting Irish girl! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He sat on the chair with his athletic Irish legs crossed, and these legs, in that attitude, he circled with the bandana and bound firmly together. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- At the home I was guided to the library by an Irish servant-woman, to whom I communicated my knowledge of the definite locality of the sample joint. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Meanwhile the King was plotting and looking for help in strange quarters--from the Catholic Irish, from treasonable Scotchmen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And here are a new set of Irish melodies. Jane Austen. Emma.
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