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weeping Irish

weeping Irish is the present participle and gerund of weep Irish.

Meaning of weep Irish

Verb

weep Irish (third-person singular simple present weeps Irish, present participle weeping Irish, simple past and past participle wept Irish)

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To cry insincerely or in an exaggerated manner.
    • I have here omitted the pathetic description of Billy Flannagan, touching the doleful parting of Cathleen with her people, "who wept Irish," hullaghlued, ahahoned, with all the moving circumstances of her farewell, and the seeing her home.1843, Nathanael Burton, History of the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, near Dublin

Questions about weeping Irish

What is weeping Irish the present participle and gerund of?
Weeping Irish is the present participle and gerund of weep Irish.

Words near weeping Irish in the dictionary

  1. weeping birch
  2. weeping birches
  3. weeping buckets
  4. weeping fig
  5. weeping figs
  6. weeping Irish
  7. weeping oak
  8. weeping rock
  9. weeping rocks
  10. weeping snow gum
  11. weeping snow gums

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