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thivish Anglo-Ir.|ˈθaɪvɪʃ|
Also tevish. Pl. -es; also tevishies, thevshi.
[ad. Ir. taibhse, pl. taibhsí.]
A ghost, apparition, or spectre.
1852W. Wilde Irish Pop. Superstitions i. 14 Thivishes or thoushas (shadowy apparitions) are literally ghosts. Ibid. iii. 71 (heading) Reminiscences of the West.—The Welshes.—The Thivish or Fetch. Ibid. 111 ‘Mother,’ said he, gazing steadily upon the pale anxious face that was bent upon him, ‘I've seen the thivish.’ 1888W. B. Yeats Fairy & Folk Tales of Irish Peasantry 128 Ghosts, or as they are called in Irish, Thevshi or Tash (taidhbhse, tais), live in a state intermediary between this life and the rest. They are held there by some earthly longing or affection. 1892,1963[see sowlth]. |