earnough

Yola

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish aerach (“lighthearted”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛrnəʊ/

Adjective

earnough

  1. comical

Noun

earnough

  1. A comical, droll, humorous person.
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      A gooude earnough.
      A droll man.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 37
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