houghany

Yola

Etymology

Possibly from Middle English hough (“heel”) + -an (“diminutive suffix, from Irish -án”) + -y (“adjective suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhuːɡɔːˈniː/

Adjective

houghany

1. vulgar, stupid
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Houghany set.

     Stupid set.

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 47