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Irish
[ ahy-rish ]
noun
- the inhabitants of Ireland and their descendants elsewhere.
- the aboriginal Celtic-speaking people of Ireland.
- Also called Irish Gaelic. the Celtic language of Ireland in its historical or modern form. : Ir, Ir. Compare Middle Irish, Old Irish.
Irish
/ ˈɪɪʃ /
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of Ireland, its people, their Celtic language, or their dialect of English
- informal.ludicrous or illogical
noun
- the Irishfunctioning as plural the natives or inhabitants of Ireland
- another name for Irish Gaelic
Sensitive Note
Other Word Forms
- ۾· adverb
- t-۾ adjective noun
- -۾ adjective
- ԴDz-۾ adjective noun
- -۾ adjective
- -۾ adjective
- d-۾ adjective
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- get one's Irish up, Informal. to become angry or outraged:
Don't go getting your Irish up over a little matter like that.
More idioms and phrases containing Irish
see luck of the devil (Irish) .Example Sentences
As Irish hotelier Patrick McKillen tells it, he met the former emir of Qatar on a yacht in Doha to discuss a business opportunity in California, more than 8,000 miles away.
Harris said that if an agreement was reached, he would "hope to be in a position then" to reconsider the Irish government's legal challenge of the UK government over Troubles legacy issues.
Growing up in rural Canada, Aimee was a dynamic teen drawn to a secular world until she saw Robert Semple, an Irish Pentecostal preacher.
Earlier on Tuesday, activists also gained access to Irish public broadcaster RTÉ's reception in Dublin to stage a protest.
On Tuesday, the Irish president said Pope Francis had "unfinished business" and that he hopes the next pope will build on the steps he was able to take during his tenure.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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