gradès

Yola

Etymology

Cognate with English grade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾɔːdz/

Noun

gradès

1. qualities
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 6-7:

     wi vengem o' core t'gie oure zense o' ye gradès whilke be ee-dighte wi yer name;

     to pour forth from the strength of our hearts, our sense of the qualities which characterise your name,

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 114