irish
//ˈaɪɹɪʃ//
Forms
- Plural
- irish
- Comparative
- more irish
- Superlative
- most irish
Definitions
1.Temper; anger, passion.
- Whenever he got his Irish up, Clancy lowered the boom.
- The Priest is as fierce a fighter as I am when he gets his Irish up.
- But her Irish was up too high to do any thing with her, and so I quit trying.
2.Whiskey, or whisky, elaborated in Ireland.
1.Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people.
- Sheep are typical in the Irish landscape.
2.Pertaining to the Irish language.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3465
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English Irish (12th c.)
From Old English *Īrisċ
From Old English Īras (“Irishmen”)
From Old Norse Írar
From Old Irish Ériu (modern Irish Éire (“Ireland”)), further origin heavily debated but probably from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū (“fat land, fertile”)