graacuse

Yola

Alternative forms

• graashoos

Etymology

From Middle English gracious, from Old French gracious, from Latin grātiōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾɔːˈʃuːz/

Adjective

graacuse

1. gracious
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 100:

     Heal, griue, an kin, apaa thee, graacuse Forth,

     Health, wealth, and regard upon thee, gracious Forth,

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 42