单词 | paddyism |
释义 | Paddyismn. The quality of being Irish, Irishness. Also: an Irish characteristic; an Irish expression or turn of phrase. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [noun] > quality or character Teaguism1732 Iricism1743 Paddyism1799 Irishness1804 Irishism1820 Irishry1822 Hibernianism1833 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > idiom of Irishism1737 Hibernianism1833 Iricism1833 Paddyism1890 1799 Albany Centinel 17 May 2/4 The passage of the great beast Lyon and his whelps to that land of paddyism (Kentucky) would be a curious spectacle for the northern and middle states. 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 167 I have discovered two tricks of pure Paddyism. 1846 S. F. Cooper Elinor Wyllys iv. 54 When the gentleman had added a ludicrous account of some Paddyism of his guide, she laughed so gaily that the sound rejoiced her grandfather's heart. 1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. I. iv. 87 I could see, by hearing her (to use a Paddyism), the pout of her lip. 1997 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 15 Mar. 1 The Celtic television shows gripping the country make no apologies for peddling a further dose of old-fashioned Paddyism... The shows invariably portray a once-simple life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1799 |
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