单词 | wirrasthru |
释义 | wirrasthruint.n. Irish English (chiefly in representations of Irish English speech). Now rare. A. int. Expressing sorrow, distress, or regret: ‘alas!’ ‘woe!’ Cf. wirra int. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [interjection] > specific cry of grief woeeOE wellawayeOE weilac1000 wellawayOE wellaOE woe is meOE wummec1175 wia1200 outa1225 alas?c1225 walec1275 ac1300 whilec1402 ochonea1425 wellesay?1440 wannowec1450 helas1484 ah1509 ocha1522 ah me!a1547 wougha1556 eh1569 welladay1570 how1575 wellanear1581 ay me!1591 lasa1593 wella, welladay1601 good lack!1638 oime1660 pillaloo1663 wellanearing1683 lack-a-day1695 wasteheart1695 walya1724 lackadaisy1748 ochree1748 waesucks1773 well-a-winsa1774 ullagone1819 wirra1825 mavrone1827 wirrasthru1827 ototoi1877 wurra1898 1827 G. Griffin Tales Munster Festivals II. 45 And I must leave my home at last, O wirra-sthru! O wirra-sthru! 1843 New World 19 Aug. 194/2 All she could for sometime return, was her country ejaculations, such as ‘wirrasthru wirrasthru!’..and ‘what'll become of my poor childher?’ 1884 D. Boucicault Shaughraun I. iv. 214 Oh, weir asthru! What'll I do! 1912 Windsor Mag. Aug. 294 Down go tables an' chairs—wirrasthru!—an' they're off. 1978 W. R. Espy O Thou Improper, Thou Uncommon Noun 3 I have not myself heard an Irishman say ‘Ah, wirra, wirra’, or ‘Wirrasthru’; yet they often moan so, at least in books, shaking their heads and wringing their hands. B. n. An exclamation of ‘wirrasthru’; a lament; (also) a miserable or pitiful thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] > (an utterance of) specific cry wellaway?c1225 harmesaya1487 ay me!a1547 welladay1582 heigh-hoc1604 ochone1654 wirrasthru1852 1852 C. G. Hamilton Carlington Castle xxxv. 420 I thought me heart 'ud have left me body;..and a wirrasthru was ready to choke me, but I kept it down. 1884 D. Boucicault Shaughraun i. iv. 21 Ses he, ‘You won't see home for six months.’ Then I set up a wierasthru. 1892 T. E. Brown Lett. (1900) I. 158 He..rushed forth to catch the train,..with some wild wirrasthru of farewell. 1978 T. Murphy Crucial Week in Life Grocer's Assistant v. 40 Aa, that auld wiristhru of a bitch Mrs. Smith is too miserly altogether. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < int.n.1827 |
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