Oirish
/ˈɔɪrɪʃ/Usually derogatory
noun
Frequently with the: Irish people considered collectively.
adjective
Originally especially in representations of Irish speech: = Irish. Later also: exaggeratedly, sentimentally, or putatively Irish in style, character, etc.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Caledonian Mercury. Representing an Irish English pronunciation of Irish and Irish, often taken as indicative of exaggerated or pseudo-Irish speech.
- great corn
- great crested grebe
- great crested newt
- Great Dane
- Great Dark Spot
- Great Day
- Great Deliverer
- Great Dismal Swamp
- great divide
- Great Dividing Range
- Great Dog
- great dozen
- Great Duchess
- Great Duke
- great egret
- greaten
- greater
- Greater Bairam
- greater celandine
- Greater Feria
- Greater London
- Greater Manchester
- greater nobility
- greater omentum
- greater redpoll