† Irishcismn.
Obsolete.
= Irishism n. 1. Cf. also Iricism n.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun] > instance of > characteristic of Irish
Irishism1709
Hibernicism1758
Irishcism1765
1765 J. Watts Let. 22 Dec. in Coll. N.Y. Hist. Soc. (1928) 61 406 Your wise ones who know Nothing of the Colonys & if it was not an Irishcism, I woud [sic] say, are regardless of what they do know, not content with what the Colonys have got, want to ruin them for what they have not got.
1793 W. Taplin Gentleman's Stable Directory (ed. 11) 62 If..the horse is not of great value, I will venture to hazard an Irishcism, and assure the owner that the most merciful, certain, and least expensive cure, will be by instantly cutting his throat.
1817 H. Ellis Jrnl. Proc. Late Embassy to China v. 278 I must confess that my eye was gratified with this unaltered patch of nature; for days nothing, to use a common Irishcism, has been left alone.
1851 Bentley's Misc. 29 551 He had a wife, and (to use an Irishcism) a large ‘small’ family to educate and support.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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