eugh
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
See yew.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /juː/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -uː
- Homophone: you (stressed, Received Pronunciation)
Noun edit
eugh (plural eughs)
- Obsolete spelling of yew
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Gardens”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
- you must take such Things, as are Greene all Winter; Holly; Ivy; Bayes; Juniper; Cipresse Trees; Eugh; […]
- 1697, Virgil, “The Ninth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- almost join'd the Horns of the tough Eugh
References edit
“eugh”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): [əx], [ʌx], [ɜː]
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Interjection edit
eugh
- Alternative form of ugh
- 2006, Morag Prunty, Recipes for a Perfect Marriage, page 272:
- "Eugh," he said, "this cake is dry."