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wept Irish

wept Irish is the simple past and past participle 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 wept Irish

What is wept Irish the simple past and past participle of?
Wept Irish is the simple past and past participle of weep Irish.

Words near wept Irish in the dictionary

  1. Weott
  2. wep
  3. Wepo Wash
  4. wept
  5. wept buckets
  6. wept Irish
  7. wepte
  8. weptest
  9. wer
  10. Werai
  11. Werber

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