Middle English

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Noun

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hachee

  1. Alternative form of hache (sorrow)

Yola

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Derived from Middle English hak (unsparing).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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hachee

  1. cross, ill-tempered
    Synonym: knaggee
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 84:
      Huck nigher; y'art scuddeen; fartoo zo hachee?
      Come nearer; you're rubbing your back; why so ill tempered?

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  • 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 44