wirrasthruint.n.

Brit.

/wɪrəsˈθruː/, U.S.

/ˌwɪrəsˈθru/, Irish English

/wɪrəsˈθruː/

Forms: 1800s weerasthrue, 1800s weirasthru, 1800s wierasthru, 1800s wirrastru, 1800s wirrastrua, 1800s wurra strew, 1800s wurristroo, 1800s wurrustrew, 1800s– whisteroo (irregular), 1800s– wiristhru, 1800s– wirrasthru, 1800s– wirrasthrue, 1900s– wirrasthroo, 1900s– wirrastroo, 1900s– wurrasthroo.

Origin: A borrowing from Irish. Etymons: Irish a Mhuire, is trua.

Etymology: < Irish a Mhuire, is trua (interjection) alas, what a pity < a Mhuire , vocative of the name of the Virgin Mary (see wirra int.) + is , copula (see be v.) + trua pity, use as noun of trua miserable, pitiful (formerly truagh ; Early Irish trúag , tróg ), cognate with Welsh †tru wretched, miserable (compare Welsh truan wretch: compare truant n.), Gaulish trougo- (in personal names). Compare slightly earlier wirra int.The forms with -th- in English reflect the (dental) quality of the -t- in Irish.

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).

单词	wirrasthru
释义	wirrasthruint.n. Brit. /wɪrəsˈθruː/, U.S. /ˌwɪrəsˈθru/, Irish English /wɪrəsˈθruː/ Forms: 1800s weerasthrue, 1800s weirasthru, 1800s wierasthru, 1800s wirrastru, 1800s wirrastrua, 1800s wurra strew, 1800s wurristroo, 1800s wurrustrew, 1800s– whisteroo (irregular), 1800s– wiristhru, 1800s– wirrasthru, 1800s– wirrasthrue, 1900s– wirrasthroo, 1900s– wirrastroo, 1900s– wurrasthroo. Origin: A borrowing from Irish. Etymons: Irish a Mhuire, is trua. Etymology: < Irish a Mhuire, is trua (interjection) alas, what a pity < a Mhuire , vocative of the name of the Virgin Mary (see wirra int.) + is , copula (see be v.) + trua pity, use as noun of trua miserable, pitiful (formerly truagh ; Early Irish trúag , tróg ), cognate with Welsh †tru wretched, miserable (compare Welsh truan wretch: compare truant n.), Gaulish trougo- (in personal names). Compare slightly earlier wirra int.The forms with -th- in English reflect the (dental) quality of the -t- in Irish. 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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