Irish Definition
īrĭsh
adjective
Of Ireland or its people, language, or culture.
Webster's New World
(Derogatory) Nonsensical, daft or complex.
"A number of derogatory nicknames began to emerge, including "Irish confetti" for thrown bricks, and "Irish kiss" for a slap" (Wisegeek.com)
Wiktionary
noun
The variety of English spoken in Ireland.
Webster's New World
People of Irish ancestry.
American Heritage
The Celtic language spoken in Ireland.
Webster's New World
Temper.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- Irish people
- Irish whisky
- irish whiskey
- irish-gaelic
pronoun
The Goidelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic.
Irish is the first official and national language of Ireland.
Wiktionary
A surname.
Wiktionary
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Irish
- the Irish
Origin of Irish
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Middle English Irisce (12th c.), from Old English Īras, from Old Norse írar, from Old Irish Ériu (modern Éire (“Ireland”)), from Proto-Celtic *Īwerjū (“fat land, fertile”), from Proto-Indo-European *pi-wer- (“fertile”), literally "fat," akin to Ancient Greek πίειρα (píeira, “fertile land”), Sanskrit [script?] (pívarī, “fat”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English Īras the Irish peiə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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