earnough
Yola
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Irish earráideach. The -n- was misspelled.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editearnough
Noun
editearnough
- A comical, droll, humorous person.
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- A gooude earnough.
- A droll man.
References
edit- 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