sirrah
/ˈsɪrə
/noun archaic
Used as a term of address for a man or boy, especially one younger or of lower status than the speaker: you are foolish as well as insolent, sirrah...
- She drew herself up, pulled at the lapels of her tattered jacket as though it were an evening coat, flicked at an invisible cape, harrumphed a few times, and pronounced: ‘After you, sirrah.’
- I'm a proud village idiot seven years running, sirrah!
- ‘Just standard procedure, sirrah,’ the guard said, shrugging.
Origin
Early 16th century: probably from sire, when still two syllables in Middle English, with the second syllable assimilated to ah.
Rhymes
- pickietar
- pickiness
- picking bee
- picking belt
- picking ground
- picking-hole
- picking knife
- pickings
- pickin-hoyle
- pickin'-oile
- pickle
- pickleball
- pickle barrel
- pickle button
- pickle-cured
- pickled
- pickled fish
- pickled herring
- pickle-herring
- pickle leaf
- pickle man
- pickle pot
- pickler
- pickle switch
- pickle worm