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Irish hospitality

Irish hospitality noun: gout.

Noun

the Irish hospitality (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Gout.
    • Lord Thomond is laid up with the Gout: The Irish Hospitality has broke out in his Feet, and pins him down to a great Chair and a slender Meal.1736 December 23, John Boyle Orrery, “To Thomas Southerne”, in Emily Charlotte de Burgh, Countess of Cork, editor, The Orrery Papers, volume I, London: Duckworth, published 1903, page 183

Questions about Irish hospitality

What does Irish hospitality mean?
Irish hospitality means gout.
What part of speech is Irish hospitality?
Irish hospitality is a noun.

Words near Irish hospitality in the dictionary

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