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weeps Irish

weeps Irish is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is weeps Irish the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Weeps Irish is the third-person singular simple present indicative of weep Irish.

Words near weeps Irish in the dictionary

  1. weeping willows
  2. weepingly
  3. weepings
  4. weeps
  5. weeps buckets
  6. weeps Irish
  7. weepy
  8. weer
  9. Weering
  10. weerish
  11. Weerite

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