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Irish
[ ahy-rish ]
noun
- the inhabitants of Ireland and their descendants elsewhere.
- the aboriginal Celtic-speaking people of Ireland.
- Also called Irish Gaelic. the Celtic language of Ireland in its historical or modern form. : Ir, Ir. Compare Middle Irish, Old Irish.
Irish
/ ˈɪɪʃ /
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of Ireland, its people, their Celtic language, or their dialect of English
- informal.ludicrous or illogical
noun
- the Irishfunctioning as plural the natives or inhabitants of Ireland
- another name for Irish Gaelic
Sensitive Note
Other 51Թ Forms
- ۾· adverb
- t-۾ adjective noun
- -۾ adjective
- ԴDz-۾ adjective noun
- -۾ adjective
- -۾ adjective
- d-۾ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- get one's Irish up, Informal. to become angry or outraged:
Don't go getting your Irish up over a little matter like that.
More idioms and phrases containing Irish
see luck of the devil (Irish) .Example Sentences
Victory confirmed the dominance of the Irish trainer, who saddled five of the first seven home, including winner Nick Rockett.
Champion Irish trainer Mullins was not only registering back-to-back victories but his third success, 20 years after his first with Hedgehunter.
"I did notice there was a lot of Irish heritage, which as far as I knew was wrong," she says.
"I loved how a lot of rhythms, scales, melodies and instruments were different but similar to the Irish trad music I had grown up with."
Convincing victor last year, having won the Irish National 12 months earlier, and could well be in the shake-up again.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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