cosher
English
Etymology
From Irish cuid oíche (“night's supper”) or cóisir (“banquet; festive party”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɒʃə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɒʃə(ɹ)
Verb
cosher (third-person singular simple present coshers, present participle coshering, simple past and past participle coshered)
- To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat at the expense of.
- To treat with fondness; to excessively dote on.
- To chat in a friendly way.
Related terms
Translations
To levy certain exactions or tribute upon
References
- ^ From Kings to Warlords: The Changing Political Structure of Gaelic Ireland Katharine Simms, 2000, p.141
Anagrams
Fingallian
Etymology
Noun
cosher
- Go shoping?
- 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):
- Cosher,
- Go**oping.
- 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):