tirra-lirran.

/ˈtɪrəˈlɪrə/

Forms: Also 1600s teery-larry, teery-lerry, teery-leery, tyra-lyra. Cf. tiralee n.

Etymology: Echoic. Compare Old French turelu , tureluru , ‘a comic or burlesque refrain’ (Godefroy), turelure a bagpipe, a refrain, French turlut a titlark; and quot. 1889 at main sense.

A representation of the note of the skylark, or of a similar sound uttered as an exclamation of delight or gaiety.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (intransitive)] > sing specific syllables

tirra-lirra1613

falderal1825

tra-li-ra1862

la-la1906

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Alaudidae > genus Alauda > alauda arvensis (lark) > sound made by

warble1513

tiralee1596

tirra-lirra1613

1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. v. 107 The Larke..With the shrill chanting of her teery-lerry.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 8 The Larke, that tirra Lyra chaunts.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 310/2 The Lark singeth Tyra Lyra.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Lady of Shalott iii, in Poems (new ed.) 15 ‘Tirra lirra, tirra lirra,’ Sang Sir Launcelot.

1889 G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 805/1 Ture-Lure, or Toure-Loure, a very ancient lyrical burden or refrain, probably of Provencal origin. The old English form is ‘tirra-lirra’.

Derivatives

tirra-lirra v. (intransitive) to sing tirra-lirra.

ΚΠ

1879 G. Meredith in New Q. Mag. July 83 Duchess Susan was distinguished coming across a broad, uncut meadow, tirra-lirraing beneath a lark.

† tirriˈlirring adj. Obsolete that sings tirra-lirra.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [adjective] > singing (of the lark)

tirrilirring1659

1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Tirilirante lódola, the Tiriliring lark.

† tiry-tiry-leerer n. Obsolete a lark.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Alaudidae > genus Alauda > alauda arvensis (lark)

laverockeOE

larka1325

tiry-tiry-leerer1599

skylark1672

field lark1678

Our Lady's hen1701

1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 50 Let Tiry-tiry-leerers [margin. larkes] vpward flie.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	tirra-lirra
释义	tirra-lirran. /ˈtɪrəˈlɪrə/ Forms: Also 1600s teery-larry, teery-lerry, teery-leery, tyra-lyra. Cf. tiralee n. Etymology: Echoic. Compare Old French turelu , tureluru , ‘a comic or burlesque refrain’ (Godefroy), turelure a bagpipe, a refrain, French turlut a titlark; and quot. 1889 at main sense. A representation of the note of the skylark, or of a similar sound uttered as an exclamation of delight or gaiety. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (intransitive)] > sing specific syllables tirra-lirra1613 falderal1825 tra-li-ra1862 la-la1906 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Alaudidae > genus Alauda > alauda arvensis (lark) > sound made by warble1513 tiralee1596 tirra-lirra1613 1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. v. 107 The Larke..With the shrill chanting of her teery-lerry. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 8 The Larke, that tirra Lyra chaunts. View more context for this quotation 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 310/2 The Lark singeth Tyra Lyra. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Lady of Shalott iii, in Poems (new ed.) 15 ‘Tirra lirra, tirra lirra,’ Sang Sir Launcelot. 1889 G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 805/1 Ture-Lure, or Toure-Loure, a very ancient lyrical burden or refrain, probably of Provencal origin. The old English form is ‘tirra-lirra’. Derivatives tirra-lirra v. (intransitive) to sing tirra-lirra. ΚΠ 1879 G. Meredith in New Q. Mag. July 83 Duchess Susan was distinguished coming across a broad, uncut meadow, tirra-lirraing beneath a lark. † tirriˈlirring adj. Obsolete that sings tirra-lirra. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [adjective] > singing (of the lark) tirrilirring1659 1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Tirilirante lódola, the Tiriliring lark. † tiry-tiry-leerer n. Obsolete a lark. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Alaudidae > genus Alauda > alauda arvensis (lark) laverockeOE larka1325 tiry-tiry-leerer1599 skylark1672 field lark1678 Our Lady's hen1701 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 50 Let Tiry-tiry-leerers [margin. larkes] vpward flie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1599
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