单词 | black irish |
释义 | > as lemmasblack Irish black Irish adj. and n. sometimes derogatory (a) adj. describing an Irish person, or one of Irish ancestry, having dark hair and a dark complexion or eyes; (b) n. (with plural agreement and the) such people collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Ireland > of Mediterranean appearance black Irish1875 1875 Amer. Bibliopolist Dec. 260/1 The same usage still prevails among the vulgar as in the phrases, ‘black Irish’, ‘black Dutch’, describing certain well known types of Celts and Teutons (Hollanders, probably), differing widely from the prevailing type of either race in respect of their black eyes and hair, and gypsy-like, tawny complexions. 1888 R. Kipling Soldiers Three 84 Those are the Black Oirish an' 'tis they that bring dishgrace upon the name av Oireland. 1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned v. 46 His fleshy hooked nose..suggested Jewish blood, but he claimed he was black Irish. 1962 Guardian 18 July 5/5 That haunted ‘Black Irish’ face [of Eugene O'Neill]. 1970 K. Giles Death in Church vii. 177 Have you ever seen the black Irish? 1993 H. Gardner Creating Minds vii. 268 Martha turned out to be an even mix of the two parents, a stern indomitable Godfearing Puritan pioneer on one side, and on the other a wild tempestuous moody, dream-obsessed and quick-to-anger creature of the Black Irish persuasion. < as lemmas |
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