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Irishy

Irishy adjective: characteristic of the Irish, Irishlike.

Adjective

Irishy (comparative more Irishy, superlative most Irishy)

  1. Characteristic of the Irish, Irishlike.
    • In her books, O'Brien evokes an Irishy heroine who recalls one of those poor white trashy girls with whom from time to time one sees a black man saddled[…]1973, The Malahat Review, numbers 26-28, page 120

Forms of Irishy

comparativemore Irishy
superlativemost Irishy

Origin of Irishy

From Irish + -y.

Questions about Irishy

What does Irishy mean?
Irishy means characteristic of the Irish, Irishlike.
What part of speech is Irishy?
Irishy is an adjective.

Words near Irishy in the dictionary

  1. Irishry
  2. Irishtown
  3. Irishtown-Summerside
  4. Irishwoman
  5. Irishwomen
  6. Irishy
  7. irisin
  8. irising
  9. irisless
  10. irislike
  11. irisology

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