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tirriˈvee, ˈtirrivie Sc.
Also tiri-, tiry-, tirry-, tirrie-, tery-, turry-, tira-, tirravee, -vie.
[Origin obscure: some suggest a corruption of tailyevey.]
A fit or display of ill temper or passion; an unchecked outburst.
1813Hogg Queen's Wake 342 note, He suspected his spouse had taken some of her tirravies. 1814Scott Wav. lxix, A very weel-meaning good-natured man..when he wasna in ane of his tirrivies. 1898N. Munro in Blackw. Mag. Feb. 184/2 I'm willing to make some allowance for a lover's tirravee. 1910W. Finlay in Poets Ayrshire 273 When a party ends up in a wild tirivee. |